quintessentially
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WOTD – 19 February 2007
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- IPA(key): /ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəli/
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Adverb
    
quintessentially (not comparable)
- In a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.
- 1994, Christopher Bulis, “ch XXIII”, in State of Change, page 237:- Peri handed Ptolemy his helmet. It had a crest on it, which she always thought looked quintessentially Roman.
 
 
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