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characteristically

ADVERB

essentially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually approximately necessarily originally permanently quite really substantially truly typically virtually

STRONG

fundamentally

WEAK

at heart at the heart of centrally chiefly determinately factually importantly in effect in essence indispensably inherently intimately intrinsically materially more or less so naturally primarily principally radically significantly vitally

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully

WEAK

apparently on the surface superficially

ADVERB

inimitably

Synonyms

WEAK

distinctively matchlessly

ADVERB

naturally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

artlessly but of course by birth by nature candidly casually customarily freely genuinely habitually impulsively informally innocently openly ordinarily readily unaffectedly unpretentiously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

ADVERB

specifically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

categorically clearly correctly definitely especially exactly explicitly individually pointedly precisely respectively specially

WEAK

accurately concretely distinctively in detail in specie indicatively minutely peculiarly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inaccurately indefinitely questionably

WEAK

broadly generally

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But, characteristically, he also frequently continued to stretch the limits of his music.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Dame Felicity lived with "her illness with great dignity and acceptance" and "was characteristically classy and elegant to the end", the agent added.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

De Meo, seeming satisfied, later said it had been a characteristically direct intervention from someone like him, arriving with his proverbial big boots rather than ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

What’s Next: It will take time to ramp up production, but Musk’s timeline for the Terafab is characteristically aggressive, with initial semiconductor production projected for late 2027 and volume production for 2028.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Rather characteristically, he pretended not to see us until we were so close it was impossible for him to ignore us any longer.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

characteristically

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