conventional

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective following accepted customs and proprieties
adjective conforming with accepted standards
adjective (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy

From convention + -al.

The officer’s profanity sounded conventional. — The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, Stephen Crane
I do detest conventional intercourse. — A Room with a View, E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
It’s one of our conventional superstitions. — Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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