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The definition of traditional is something that is in keeping with long-standing tradition, style or custom.

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An example of traditional is the practice of eating turkey as the traditional or accepted Thanksgiving meal.
An example of traditional is a formal style of furniture that doesn't change with fads or the seasons.

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See traditional in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, handed down by, or conforming to tradition; conventional
also traditionary or Raretraditive
designating or of a style of improvised jazz associated historically with early black New Orleans musicians and typically played by a band made up of one or two cornets, a clarinet, a trombone, and a rhythm section that includes a banjo and a tuba

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traditionally adverb

See traditional in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, or in accord with tradition: a traditional wedding ceremony.

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tra·diˈtion·al·ly adverb

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