CONVENTIONAL

(adj.) following accepted customs and proprieties
"conventional wisdom", "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior", "conventional forms of address"
(adj.) unimaginative and conformist
"conventional bourgeois lives", "conventional attitudes"
he had no liking for conventional attitudes. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
"conventional warfare", "conventional weapons"
Thankfully, they chose conventional warfare over nuclear warfare. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
"a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white", "the conventional handshake"
Theirs was a conventional church wedding. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) rigidly formal or bound by convention
"their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
synonyms : ceremonious
(adj.) conforming with accepted standards
"a conventional view of the world"
synonyms : established
He had a conventional view of the world. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) represented in simplified or symbolic form
synonyms : formal , schematic
"The manual has a schematic diagram of the new computer" -added by sradha_inlas

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