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characteristically

adverb as in inimitably

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For most characteristics, it looks like genetics are much more important than parenting.

Some types of people may be more likely to answer a survey than others, which pollsters work to correct for in the way they draw samples and by weighting samples to match population demographics or political characteristics.

The participants who received the drug had different characteristics from those who didn’t, which makes it difficult to determine whether the results are due to the drug or other factors.

These same characteristics are associated with creativity when one is fully awake.

Mapping is, without a doubt, a notable characteristic of many sensory and cognitive systems.

There were the bevvy of performances promoting Beyoncé, too, which were characteristically spectacular.

By the time the No Smoking sign flashes off, both of the Allmans are fast asleep, their mouths characteristically ajar.

As he walked briskly into the Situation Room last Wednesday, he characteristically wasted little time on small talk.

President Obama has been characteristically eloquent in his reasoning.

Bernanke had words for these folks, too, though they were characteristically indirect.

Malarial parasites stain characteristically: the cytoplasm, sky-blue; the chromatin, reddish-purple.

Characteristically, there was charged to expense for the whole transaction a sum that a very ordinary man could earn in a week.

Characteristically, this weakness seems to have taken the form of a too-generous estimate of his fellows.

Custom limited its use to the house and it went characteristically with the tunic , when that was not covered by an outer garment.

Captain Funcke glanced at it with curiosity, but characteristically forebore to ask any questions.

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On this page you'll find 101 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to characteristically, such as: actually, approximately, necessarily, originally, permanently, and quite.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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