quintessentially
/ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəli/
quintessentially adverb: in a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.
Adverb
quintessentially (not comparable)
- In a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.
- The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar.1985 September 15, Erik Snadberg-Diment, “Number Crunching on the Macintosh”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Peri handed Ptolemy his helmet. It had a crest on it, which she always thought looked quintessentially Roman.1994, Christopher Bulis, “ch XXIII”, in State of Change, page 237
- Synonyms:
- typically
Synonyms of quintessentially
Origin of quintessentially
From quintessential + -ly.
Questions about quintessentially
- What does quintessentially mean?
- Quintessentially means in a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.
- What part of speech is quintessentially?
- Quintessentially is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce quintessentially?
- Quintessentially is pronounced /ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəli/.
Words near quintessentially in the dictionary
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