distinctive
adjective
serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing.
distinctively
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a word derived from
distinctive.
Example Sentences
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"This allows us to see whether sleep is distinctively associated with aging clocks derived from multiple omics and molecular layers."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
But he concluded that birthright citizenship was by now distinctively American.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026
Instead of manipulating government for their own narrow interests, the rich can add a distinctively independent-minded, public-spirited and efficacious set of voices to the national debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Its distinctively Italian style began to influence the way the fashionable dressed.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
Bull walked down the long polished hall with a bouncing gait that was distinctively unmilitary.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
