traditionally

English

Etymology

From traditional +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹəˈdɪʃəˌnəli/, [tɹəˈdɪˌʃn̩li], [tɹɪˈdɪˌʃn̩li]
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  • (with syncope) IPA(key): /tɹəˈdɪʃˌnəli/, /tɹəˈdɪʃənli/

Adverb

traditionally (comparative more traditionally, superlative most traditionally)

  1. In a traditional manner.
  2. From the beginning.
    • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:
      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.
    • 2022 December 22, Vanessa Yurkevich, “America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage”, in CNN[1]:
      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.

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