quintessentially
English
editEtymology
editFrom quintessential + -ly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editquintessentially (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.