Pre-emptively?

[Alison Murie]

>I am looking for an adverb that I can use (for example) to precede
>"customary" to give the meaning "so customary that no one would ever
>think of anything else".  Pre-emptively? presumptively?  Help!
>
>Thanks,
>Joel
>
 We *know* the perfect word's out there floating around, & being
irritatingly elusive!  "Blindingly" would be a bit dramatic, I suppose.
AM

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