customably

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

customable +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

customably (comparative more customably, superlative most customably)

  1. (obsolete) usually; by custom or habit
    • 1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, [], Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC:
      lukewarmness and sloth , are not seldomer wont to cloak themselves under the affected name of moderation , than true and lively zeal is customably disparaged with the term of indiscretion , bitterness , and choler

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for customably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)