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# conventionally

adverb

«conventionally» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Conventionally means in the usual, normal, accepted way that most people do things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#m1)
2. (science, maths) Done by a usual agreed rule, a convention, such as writing numbers in a certain way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#m2)
3. (farming) Conventionally grown food is grown with the usual modern methods, often with chemicals, not organically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it describes ordinary behaviour or dress: «conventionally dressed». In maths and science it shows an agreed custom: conventionally, the x-axis is horizontal; current is conventionally said to flow from + to −. In stories it can show that a character is ordinary or follows the rules. Phrases: «conventionally attractive», «conventionally grown».

### Examples

- He was dressed conventionally in a suit and tie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#x1)
- Conventionally, we write the x-axis across the page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#x2)
- Conventionally, a story has a beginning, a middle and an end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#x3)
- These apples were grown conventionally, not organically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#x4)
- She chose not to live conventionally and travelled the world in a van. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#x5)
- Electric current is conventionally shown flowing from positive to negative. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#x6)
- In maths, angles are conventionally measured anticlockwise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/#x7)

### Note

Adverb from «conventional» (usual) and «convention» (an agreed custom, or a big meeting). Spelled with double l: conventionally. Opposite: unconventionally. In science, a «conventional» direction can be different from what really happens (electrons actually move from − to +), so conventionally does not always mean «truly».

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life it describes ordinary behaviour or dress: «conventionally dressed». In maths and science it shows an agreed custom: conventionally, the x-axis is horizontal; current is conventionally said to flow from + to −. In stories it can show that a character is ordinary or follows the rules. Phrases: «conventionally attractive», «conventionally grown».

### Note

Adverb from «conventional» (usual) and «convention» (an agreed custom, or a big meeting). Spelled with double l: conventionally. Opposite: unconventionally. In science, a «conventional» direction can be different from what really happens (electrons actually move from − to +), so conventionally does not always mean «truly».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conventionally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conventionally» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conventionally.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «conventionally» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conventionally/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conventionally» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/conventionally.html) on Mova free.