English edit

Etymology edit

ultra- +‎ traditional

Adjective edit

ultratraditional (comparative more ultratraditional, superlative most ultratraditional)

  1. Extremely traditional
    • 1988 July 29, Kyle Gann, “Music Notes: a pianist who gets her body into it”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Born in 1947, self-taught, and from ultratraditional Japanese background, Satoh writes shimmering, ecstatically minimalist music full of tremolos and delicate melodies.