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as in: conventional behavior Define
something regarded as normal or typical
- As he lay in bed, face upward, and so covered, with that exception, that he seemed to be nothing but a face — like a conventional cherubim — he looked the queerest object I ever beheld.
- When Mrs. Micawber has her sea-legs on — an expression in which I hope there is no conventional impropriety — she will give them, I dare say, "Little Tafflin".
- …informed him that they had given his letter their best consideration, ’with a view to the happiness of both parties’ — which I thought rather an alarming expression, not only because of the use they had made of it in relation to the family difference before-mentioned, but because I had (and have all my life) observed that conventional phrases are a sort of fireworks, easily let off, and liable to take a great variety of shapes and colours not at all suggested by their original form.
- It was once conventional wisdom that the earth was flat.
- In most countries, the convention is to shake the head to indicate "no", but in Bulgaria that indicates "yes".
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as in: to convene Define
a large conference or meeting
as in: conventional behavior
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something regarded as normal or typical
as in: The Geneva Convention
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a written international agreement
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