Run-of-the-mill vs Customary - What's the difference?
run-of-the-mill | customary | Related terms |
(idiomatic) ordinary; not special.
A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.
Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.
*1777 , Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland
*:The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.
Run-of-the-mill is a related term of customary.
As adjectives the difference between run-of-the-mill and customary
is that run-of-the-mill is (idiomatic) ordinary; not special while customary is agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.As a noun customary is
a book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.run-of-the-mill
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Alternative forms
* run of the mill *Adjective
- This isn’t your run-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price.