conventional
/kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/ adjectif B2En français : conventionnel
- Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
- Ordinary, commonplace. · They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
- Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
- Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
- Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
- In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
Dans la bibliothèque
“My child,” exclaimed the old lady sharply, “let us hear none of the conventional objections that deter weak minds from preparing for the future.
Ralph, a little wrinkled old fellow, was in the conventional costume of black coat and pepper-and-salt trousers, with only one curious variant.
For the rest, the man’s life moved in a narrow and conventional circle, for his habits were quiet and his nature unemotional.
The actors made their entries and exits unobserved or unthought of; at certain conventional moments, the spectators would suddenly cease their conversation, or rouse themselves from their musings, to listen to some brilliant effort of Moriani’s, a well-executed recitative by Coselli, or to join in loud applause at the wonderful powers of La Specchia; but that momentary excitement over, they quickly relapsed into their former state of preoccupation or interesting conversation.
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