traditionally

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/tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li//tɹəˈdɪʃ.nə.li//tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən.li/[tɹəˈdɪʃ.n̩.li]

adverb

In a traditional manner.

CommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adverbtraditionally (comparative more traditionally, superlative most traditionally)

comparative more traditionally · superlative most traditionally

  1. In a traditional manner.
  2. From the beginning.

    Skilled foreign farm workers are the backbone of US agriculture and are traditionally in the US on H-2A seasonal visas, which saw its highest ever utilization rate this year, according to the Farm Bureau.

    2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN
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    The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.

    2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48

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Bulgarian традицио́нно
  • традицио́нно (tradiciónno)traditional manner
Catalan tradicionalment
  • tradicionalmenttraditional manner
Czech tradičně
  • tradičnětraditional manner
Danish traditionelt
  • traditionelttraditional manner
Dutch traditioneel
  • traditioneeltraditional manner
Finnish perinteisesti
  • perinteisestitraditional manner
French traditionnellement
  • traditionnellementtraditional manner
Greek παραδοσιακά
  • παραδοσιακά (paradosiaká)traditional manner
Hungarian tradicionálisan, hagyományosan
  • tradicionálisantraditional manner
  • hagyományosantraditional manner
Italian tradizionalmente
  • tradizionalmentetraditional manner
Latvian tradicionāli
  • tradicionālitraditional manner
Norwegian Bokmål tradisjonelt
  • tradisjonelttraditional manner
Polish tradycyjnie
  • tradycyjnietraditional manner
Portuguese tradicionalmente
  • tradicionalmentetraditional manner
Russian традицио́нно
  • традицио́нно (tradiciónno)traditional manner
Spanish tradicionalmente
  • tradicionalmentetraditional manner
Swedish traditionellt
  • traditionellttraditional manner
Ukrainian традиці́йно
  • традиці́йно (tradycíjno)traditional manner
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APA

traditionally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traditionally

MLA

“traditionally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traditionally. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traditionally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traditionally.

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