quintessential

[ kwin-tuh-sen-shuhl ]

/ ˌkwɪn təˈsɛn ʃəl /

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adjective

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.

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OTHER WORDS FROM quintessential

quin·tes·sen·tial·ly, adverb

Words nearby quintessential

quinte, quintefoil, quinternion, Quintero, quintessence, quintessential, quintet, quintic, quintile, Quintilian, quintillion

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.
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The quintessential espresso—Café Bustelo have been at it for almost a century.
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For 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|Fortune
Launched in 2014, GMB is the quintessential free marketing tool for local businesses.
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While 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|DAILY BEAST
But in reality he is the quintessential example of how Washington corrupts.
Leon Panetta Is What’s Wrong With D.C.|Michael Cohen|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Santorini is an island of churches: nearly 400 of them, many topped with the quintessential blue dome.
Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave|Joanna Eede|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No wonder that of all the Bradys, it is the quintessential old maid who we miss the most.
Ann B. Davis Was the Zesty Antidote to the Bradys|Emily Shire|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
If you really represented the country in its government, would you not get its partisanship in a quintessential form?
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
He 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 Saintsbury
Such pain, such pleasure, is the quintessential attenuated "matter" with which our soul clothes itself.
The Complex Vision|John Cowper Powys
This 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 Wells
Does not this, indeed, form the very quintessential attribute of good government?
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879|Various

British Dictionary definitions for quintessential

quintessential

/ (ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl) /

adjective

most typically representative of a quality, state, etc; perfect

Derived forms of quintessential

quintessentially, adverb

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