Standard Lemma guide

traditionally

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/
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  • /tɹəˈdɪʃ.nə.li/ with syncope
  • /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən.li/ with syncope
  • [tɹəˈdɪʃ.n̩.li] with syncope
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AH0 D IH1 SH AH0 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: T R AH0 D IH1 SH N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a traditional manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

From the beginning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

according to tradition; in a traditional manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • traditionally, we eat fried foods on Hanukah

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English traditional Middle English -ly English -ly English traditionally From traditional + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tradicionalisht — traditional manner
  • Bulgarian: традицио́нно (tradiciónno) — traditional manner
  • Catalan: tradicionalment — traditional manner
  • Czech: tradičně — traditional manner
  • Danish: traditionelt — traditional manner
  • Dutch: traditioneel — traditional manner
  • Finnish: perinteisesti — traditional manner
  • French: traditionnellement — traditional manner
  • Galician: tradicionalmente — traditional manner
  • Georgian: ტრადიციულად (ṭradiciulad) — traditional manner
  • Greek: παραδοσιακά (paradosiaká) — traditional manner
  • Hungarian: tradicionálisan — traditional manner
  • Hungarian: hagyományosan — traditional manner
  • Italian: tradizionalmente — traditional manner
  • Latvian: tradicionāli — traditional manner
  • Malayalam: പരമ്പരാഗതമായി (paramparāgatamāyi) — traditional manner
  • Maltese: tradizzjonalment — traditional manner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tradisjonelt — traditional manner
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tradisjonelt — traditional manner
  • Polish: tradycyjnie — traditional manner
  • Portuguese: tradicionalmente — traditional manner
  • Russian: традицио́нно (tradiciónno) — traditional manner
  • Scots: tradeetionalie — traditional manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȁdicionālno — traditional manner
  • Spanish: tradicionalmente — traditional manner
  • Swedish: traditionellt — traditional manner
  • Ukrainian: традиці́йно (tradycíjno) — traditional manner
Real reading context

traditionally in complete knowledge articles