in character

Idioms and Phrases

Consistent with someone's general personality or behavior. For example, Her failure to answer the invitation was completely in character . This usage dates from the mid-1700s, as does the antonym, out of character , as in It was out of character for him to refuse the assignment .

Example Sentences

He looked so downright goofy that it took my mind off Nefer-in-character for all of eight seconds.

From Project Gutenberg

Where it does, it is temporary, hurrah-in-character, inefficient and harmful.

From Project Gutenberg

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