TRADITIONALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does traditionally mean? 

• TRADITIONALLY (adverb)
  The adverb TRADITIONALLY has 1 sense:

1. according to tradition; in a traditional manner

  Familiarity information: TRADITIONALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRADITIONALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

According to tradition; in a traditional manner

Context example:

traditionally, we eat fried foods on Hanukah

Pertainym:

traditional (consisting of or derived from tradition)

 Context examples 

A container with a base wider than the narrow neck traditionally used for holding liquids.

(Flask, NCI Thesaurus)

Traditionally, this test has been performed as a two color immunofluorescent microscope technique.

(Plasma Cell Labeling Index, NCI Thesaurus)

Traditionally, New Zealand has been associated with the continent of Australia.

(Researchers Argue for Eighth Continent: Zealandia, VOA)

"We continue to find evidence that the Neanderthals were not inferior primitives but were quite capable of doing things that have traditionally only been attributed to modern humans," said Villa.

(Neanderthals used resin 'glue' for tools, National Science Foundation)

A circumferential measurement of the head at the widest point, which is traditionally above the eyebrows.

(Head Circumference, NCI Thesaurus)

Preparation of a homeopathic substance with a ratio of one part original material to 1000 parts of carrier or solvent, traditionally lactose, water or ethanol.

(Millesimal Series of Attenuation, NCI Thesaurus)

At those depths, life has to contend with an array of circumstances we've traditionally thought of as unamenable to living things.

(Researchers Create New Model of Ecosystem Hidden Beneath Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A disorder characterized by the acute loss of renal function and is traditionally classified as pre-renal (low blood flow into kidney), renal (kidney damage) and post-renal causes (ureteral or bladder outflow obstruction).

(Acute Renal Failure, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Traditionally, forest water use was considered a function of meteorological factors, species composition and soil water availability.

(Previously unknown mechanism causes increased forest water use, National Science Foundation)

As a result, HA antibody levels have traditionally been used to guide vaccine strain selection and to infer how effective that vaccine might be against circulating viruses until field studies are available.

(Study finds factors that may influence influenza vaccine effectiveness, NIH)