quintessential
of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
of or relating to the most perfect embodiment of something: the quintessential performance of the Brandenburg Concertos.
Origin of quintessential
1Other words from quintessential
- quin·tes·sen·tial·ly, adverb
Words Nearby quintessential
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How to use quintessential in a sentence
While they are hygienic and offer a means for restaurants to save on staffing costs, many people regard chatting with a server as a quintessential part of going out for a meal.
Fewer waiters, no menus: Is Square’s new service the future of dining? | Jeff | September 29, 2020 | FortuneThe quintessential espresso—Café Bustelo have been at it for almost a century.
Gear to make every day feel like National Coffee Day | PopSci Commerce Team | September 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceFor instance, “fast-moving race cars with obstacles coming at them at lightning-quick speeds,” requiring vehicles to “joust and maneuver” through the track, represent a “quintessential edge-case scenario,” Peak said.
Self-driving cars will hit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a landmark A.I. race | jonathanvanian2015 | September 19, 2020 | FortuneLaunched in 2014, GMB is the quintessential free marketing tool for local businesses.
A new era has arrived in local search: Google’s Local Trust Pack | Justin Sanger | September 18, 2020 | Search Engine LandWhile this is not a quintessential example of brand awareness through guest posting, it is a classical example of product growth tied with the popularity of the product owner.
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Ignoring people you hooked up with at Shooters when encountering them on campus is a quintessential Duke experience.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating | Ellie Schaack | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in reality he is the quintessential example of how Washington corrupts.
Santorini is an island of churches: nearly 400 of them, many topped with the quintessential blue dome.
No wonder that of all the Bradys, it is the quintessential old maid who we miss the most.
What, in your view, makes a quintessential Sony Classics release?
Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard on Woody Allen and the State of Indie Film | Richard Porton | May 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you really represented the country in its government, would you not get its partisanship in a quintessential form?
A Preface to Politics | Walter LippmannHe had a delicacy, when he chose to be delicate, which is quintessential, and a vigour which is thoroughly manly.
A History of English Literature | George SaintsburySuch pain, such pleasure, is the quintessential attenuated "matter" with which our soul clothes itself.
The Complex Vision | John Cowper PowysThis good man Osborn, whom I have never seen or heard of before, seems to be quintessential of all that side.
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; | Herbert George WellsDoes not this, indeed, form the very quintessential attribute of good government?
British Dictionary definitions for quintessential
/ (ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl) /
most typically representative of a quality, state, etc; perfect
Derived forms of quintessential
- quintessentially, adverb
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