conventional.

Following established customs, methods, or expectations.

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Words that belong together

• conventional approach
• conventional wisdom

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The findings challenge conventional accounts of the migration.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more conventional; superlative most conventional when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.