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Princeton's WordNet

  1. traditionallyadverb

    according to tradition; in a traditional manner

    "traditionally, we eat fried foods on Hanukah"

Wiktionary

  1. traditionallyadverb

    In a traditional manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Traditionallyadverb

    Etymology: from traditional.

    There is another channel wherein this doctrine is traditionally derived from Saint John, namely, from the clergy of Asia. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    It crosseth the proverb, and Rome might well be built in a day, if that were true which is traditionally related by Strabo, that the great cities Anchiale and Tarsus were built by Sardanapalus both in one day. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err.

Wikipedia

  1. Traditionally

    A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers' spurs), but the idea has also been applied to social norms such as greetings. Traditions can persist and evolve for thousands of years—the word tradition itself derives from the Latin tradere literally meaning to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping. While it is commonly assumed that traditions have an ancient history, many traditions have been invented on purpose, whether that be political or cultural, over short periods of time. Various academic disciplines also use the word in a variety of ways. The phrase "according to tradition", or "by tradition", usually means that whatever information follows is known only by oral tradition, but is not supported (and perhaps may be refuted) by physical documentation, by a physical artifact, or other quality evidence. Tradition is used to indicate the quality of a piece of information being discussed. For example, "According to tradition, Homer was born on Chios, but many other locales have historically claimed him as theirs." This tradition may never be proven or disproven. In another example, "King Arthur, by tradition a true British king, has inspired many well loved stories." Whether they are documented fact or not does not decrease their value as cultural history and literature.Traditions are a subject of study in several academic fields, especially in social sciences such as folklore studies, anthropology, archaeology, and biology. The concept of tradition, as the notion of holding on to a previous time, is also found in political and philosophical discourse. For example, it is the basis of the political concept of traditionalism, and also strands of many world religions including traditional Catholicism. In artistic contexts, tradition is used to decide the correct display of an art form. For example, in the performance of traditional genres (such as traditional dance), adherence to guidelines dictating how an art form should be composed are given greater importance than the performer's own preferences. A number of factors can exacerbate the loss of tradition, including industrialization, globalization, and the assimilation or marginalization of specific cultural groups. In response to this, tradition-preservation attempts have now been started in many countries around the world, focusing on aspects such as traditional languages. Tradition is usually contrasted with the goal of modernity and should be differentiated from customs, conventions, laws, norms, routines, rules and similar concepts.

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  1. traditionally

    Traditionally refers to the customary or routine ways of doing something that have been established and followed over a long period of time. This might involve customs, practices, beliefs, or values that are passed down within a society, culture, community, family, or institution.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Traditionallyadverb

    in a traditional manner

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'traditionally' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4406

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'traditionally' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4744

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'traditionally' in Adverbs Frequency: #287

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of traditionally in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of traditionally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of traditionally in a Sentence

  1. Anne Martin:

    In the one to three months after Easter, we traditionally see a spike in shelter rabbit intakes, in Northern California alone, thousands of stray and unwanted rabbits end up in the municipal shelter systems, and the majority of these rabbits are under a year old.

  2. Margrit Gabriele Müller:

    In Europe and America, falconry is a sport. But here in the Emirates, falconry was traditionally a means to hunt meat, life was very difficult in the desert and falcons were essential to the survival of Bedouin families.

  3. Chuck Wexler:

    Police departments will have to deploy additional forces to what have traditionally been low-risk events.

  4. John Sousa:

    Reeter said. The two PACs have had the same goal, but traditionally used different methods to achieve it. Our Children’s Future has been more focused on getting big donors to put in large contributions, while The 2016 Committee said that they are more of a grassroots movement that typically brings in donations that average less than $100 per donation. Sousa told FoxNews.com that one of the reasons for not merging entirely was the logistical headache and the costs that would be required to comply with Federal Electoral Commission rules. However, he didn’t rule out them becoming one entity at some point in the future. We’ll take one day at a time and let’s see what happens, at the end of the day we’re going to do what’s best to get Dr. Carson elected.

  5. Kaleo Paik:

    Traditionally the long and larger bones would be washed, wrapped in cloth and put in a funeral basket and buried.

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