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traddy

US/ˈtɹæd.i/

traddy adjective: traditional, traditionalist.

Adjective

traddy (comparative traddier, superlative traddiest)

  1. (colloquial) Traditional, traditionalist.
    • The arrangements are quite crisp and the reading of ‘Lush Life’, unexpectedly in among the traddier stuff, is quite powerful and much too brief.1998, Richard Cook, Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc, →ISBN, page 528
    • I was sometimes considered too modern for traddy clubs, and too traddy for the other kind.2003, English Dance and Song, volume 65, page 18

Forms of traddy

comparativetraddier
superlativetraddiest

Origin of traddy

From trad + -y.

Questions about traddy

What does traddy mean?
Traddy means traditional, traditionalist.
What part of speech is traddy?
Traddy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce traddy?
Traddy is pronounced /ˈtɹæd.i/ (US).

Words near traddy in the dictionary

  1. tradcaths
  2. tradcon
  3. tradcons
  4. traddier
  5. traddiest
  6. traddy
  7. trade
  8. trade acceptance
  9. trade acceptances
  10. trade agreement
  11. trade agreements

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