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routinary en · ADJ

Etymology

From routine + -ary.

Meanings

  1. (Philippines) Involving, or pertaining to, routine; customary.
    • routinary visitation
    • routinary activities
    • [H]e [the savant] retreats into his routinary existence, which is quite separate from his scientific. 1870, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Works and Days”, in Society and Solitude. Twelve Chapters, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, pages 163–164:
    • routinary jobs

Forms

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most routinary Degree=Sup lexicographic
more routinary Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

bog-standard · common as muck · regular · routinary · par for the course · average · frequent · usual · basic · common · routine · regular · dime a dozen · ten a penny · pedestrian · two a penny · usual · general · plain · common as bums · habitual · routine · common as pig tracks · quotidian · everyday · common as dirt · nonrare · workaday