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adj. widely or permanently accepted; "an accepted precedent"

adj. generally accepted or used; "accepted methods of harmony and melody"; "three accepted types of pump"

adj. generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work"

undisputed

adj. generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact"

received

adj. widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist

acceptable

adj. judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"

orthodox

adj. adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"

approved, sanctioned

adj. established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates"

sanctioned, canonic, canonical

adj. conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis

familiar, unstudied

adj. "lectured in a familiar style"

accustomed

adj. (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face"

conventional, ceremonious

adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

commonplace, trivial, banal

adj. obvious and dull; "trivial conversation"; "commonplace prose"

pedestrian, prosaic, prosy

adj. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

routine, stock, ready-made, cliched

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"

friendly

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

permissible

adj. that may be accepted or conceded; "a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine"

admissible

adj. deserving to be admitted; "admissible evidence"

allowable

adj. deserving to be allowed or considered

given, granted

adj. acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started"

brought about

adj. caused to exist; "he applauded the good will brought about in the neighborhood"

entrenched

adj. established firmly and securely; "the entrenched power of the nobility"

habitual

adj. made a norm or custom or habit; "his habitual practice was to eat an early supper"; "her habitual neatness"

rooted, implanted, planted

adj. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

official

adj. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

recognized

adj. provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority"

set up

adj. well established and ready to function; "things I can do now that I'm set up"

classical, definitive, authoritative

adj. of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"

basic, canonic, canonical

adj. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"

classic

adj. adhering to established standards and principles; "a classic proof"

criterial, criterional

adj. serving as a basis for evaluation

admitted, avowed, conceded, confessed, self-confessed

adj. owned up to; "his admitted doubts"; "the conceded error"; "a confessed murderer"; "a self-confessed plagiarist"

declarable

adj. that must be declared; "declarable income"

given, granted

adj. acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started"

stipulatory, agreed upon

adj. constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations"

noncontentious

adj. of persons; not given to controversy

customary

adj. in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"

stodgy, stuffy

adj. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"

controversial

adj. marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action"

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