1
[ adverb ] in characteristic manner

Examples

"he arrived characteristically late"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

The dramatic construction of his stories characteristically turns_on a situation in which someone is simultaneously compelled and forbidden to love .

Finally , the theatrical ( and perversely erotic ) notions of dressing_up , cosmetics , disguise , and especially change of costume ( or singularity of costume , as with Cipolla ) , are characteristically associated with the catastrophes of Mann 's stories .

Related terms

uncharacteristically characteristic characteristic

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

K EH2 R AH0 K T ER0 IH1 S T IH0 K L IY0

Similar Spelling

characteristic_curve characterisation characterization character_actor character_witness character_printer

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