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- adverb In a
nontraditional way.
Etymologies
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Examples
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To be glad someone is dead is a powerful taboo in our culture, and when the bereaved don't hew to society's expectations, they are ridiculed, feared and shunned -- the last thing someone grieving, however "nontraditionally," needs.
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Her head is covered—in piety, perhaps—but her skirt's hemline rests nontraditionally several inches above her knees.
India's Passage to Modernism Rachel Wolff 2011
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Obama cannot afford to turn off his younger, nontraditionally white backers.
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What's more, the second half of his dream came true: His plays are now performed everywhere, and none of them, so far as I know, has ever been cast nontraditionally.
The Color Bind 2008
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What advice would you give to gay people today who are trying to find their way in nontraditionally gay professions, be that business, law, leading men in Hollywood?
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All forms of Buddhism are also found throughout the world in nontraditionally Buddhist countries.
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This is not a one-size-fits-all answer but a federal study suggests nontraditionally trained teachers have helped raise student performance.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Being a fiercely independent, brainy, and nontraditionally attractive brunette, I'm such the archetypal "Don Draper Mistress."
NOGOODFORME.COM 2010
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Each year more than 500 transfer students enroll; a quarter are nontraditionally aged, and a third come from the Virginia Community College System.
U.Va. Mobile 2009
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Each year more than 500 transfer students enroll; a quarter are nontraditionally aged, and a third come from the Virginia Community College System.
U.Va. Mobile 2009
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