Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - traditional

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Traditional customs, beliefs, or methods are ones that have existed for a long time without changing. ...traditional teaching methods. ...traditional Indian music. ADJ: usu ADJ n • traditionally Married women have traditionally been treated as dependent on their husbands... ADV: ADV with cl/group 2. A traditional organization or person prefers older methods and ideas to modern ones. We’re still a traditional school in a lot of ways. ? progressive ADJ: usu ADJ n • traditionally He is loathed by some of the more traditionally minded officers. ADV: ADV -ed, ADV adj