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conventional [a]
 
1)following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: accepted  customary  formal  stodgy  unoriginal  convention  unconventional  formulaic  unconventional 
 
2)conforming with accepted standards; "a conventional view of the world"
    Synonyms :established 
    See Also: orthodox 
 
3)(weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: atomic 
 
4)unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: button-down  square  stereotyped  white-bread  unconventional 
 
5)represented in simplified or symbolic form
    Synonyms :formal schematic 
    See Also: nonrepresentational  beaux_arts 
 
6)in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: traditional 
 
7)rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
    Synonyms :ceremonious 
    See Also: formal 
 




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