Traditionally
/trəˈdɪʃənəli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adverbIn a way based on long-established customs or beliefs.
Extra definitions
adverbAccording to long customs.
adverbBased on tradition.
adverbAs people usually did in the past.
Sentence Examples
The dish is traditionally served hot.
Traditionally, weddings lasted days.
The company was traditionally family-owned.
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Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“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:
“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 dish is ____ served hot.