traditionally

Adverb

Meaning

according to tradition; in a traditional manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

generally commonly normally historically popularly ordinarily classically customarily organically canonically familiarly proverbially scripturally prevailingly antiquely
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Antonyms

originally rarely specifically occasionally newly experimentally
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Examples

Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. Margaret Thatcher

Metaphor has traditionally been regarded as the matrix and pattern of the figures of speech. Marshall McLuhan

While the saving message spread day by day, some providence brought from Ethiopia an officer of the queen, for that nation is still traditionally ruled by a woman. Eusebius of Caesarea

Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial. James Surowiecki

Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be, to realise as sacred art anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful. [quote from 1988]. Antoni Tàpies

A proverb is a short, pithy saying that expresses a traditionally held truth or piece of advice, based on common sense or experience. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

traditionalistically traditionality traditionalize traditionalness traditionarily traditionary