1 (often disapproving) tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society in general; normal and ordinary, and perhaps not very interesting:
conventional behaviour / morality * She's very conventional in her views.
OPPUNCONVENTIONAL
2 [usuallybeforenoun] following what is traditional or the way sth has been done for a long time:
conventional methods / approaches * It's not a hotel, in the conventional sense, but rather a whole village turned into a hotel.
OPPUNCONVENTIONAL
3 [usuallybeforenoun] (especially of weapons) not nuclear:
conventional forces / weapons * A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation. * a conventional power station (= using oil or coal as fuel, rather than nuclear power)
conventionality noun [U]
conventionally adverb:
conventionally dressed * conventionally grown food (= grown according to conventional methods) * Though not conventionally pretty (= not pretty according to generally accepted ideas of what is pretty), she dressed with flair. * Gross National Product (GNP) is conventionally used to indicate economic development.
IDIOMS see WISDOM
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