Dictionary definition · conventional
adjective
- following accepted customs and proprieties"conventional wisdom"
- conforming with accepted standards"a conventional view of the world"
- (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy"conventional warfare"
- unimaginative and conformist"conventional bourgeois lives"
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past"a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"
- rigidly formal or bound by convention"their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).