Customary and Native

Customary

Customary adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.

Native and customary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Customary".

Nearby Words: custom, customarily

Native

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

Customary and native are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Customary" instead an adjective "Native".

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

Both words in one sentence

  • As Long as It Sounds Foreign Ivan is the not the only character who speaks his native language, although most foreigner characters (there are many, from different nationalities) simply use the customary Poirot Speak.
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