Traditionally
//tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li// adv
adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a traditional manner.
- 2 From the beginning.
"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."
Adverb
- 1 according to tradition; in a traditional manner wordnet
Example
More examples"After all, different people have different ways of eating, according to the kinds of food which they have traditionally eaten."
Etymology
From traditional + -ly.
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