Characteristically

Quick meaning: Characteristically is an adverb meaning In a usual or expected way; in characteristic manner.

Meaning

In a usual or expected way; in characteristic manner.

Example Sentences

There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses. He walked in with their support.

The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad: in one characteristically slick and chilling Isis video – entitled “a message to the Jordanian tyrant” – a smiling, long-haired young man in black pats the explosive belt round his waist as he burns his passport and his fellow fighters praise the memory of Zarqawi, who was killed in Iraq in 2006.

Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.

Antonyms for characteristically

Common opposites include uncharacteristically.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include typically, distinctly, distinctively, generally, recognizably, uniquely.

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