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quintessential [ kwin-tuh -sen -shuh l ] SHOW IPA
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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
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Ignoring people you hooked up with at Shooters when encountering them on campus is a quintessential Duke experience.
But 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.
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If you really represented the country in its government, would you not get its partisanship in a quintessential form?
He had a delicacy, when he chose to be delicate, which is quintessential , and a vigour which is thoroughly manly.
Such pain, such pleasure, is the quintessential attenuated "matter" with which our soul clothes itself.
This good man Osborn, whom I have never seen or heard of before, seems to be quintessential of all that side.
Does not this, indeed, form the very quintessential attribute of good government?
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British Dictionary definitions for quintessential
quintessential
/ (ËkwÉȘntÉȘËsÉnÊÉl ) /
adjective
most typically representative of a quality, state, etc; perfect
Derived forms of quintessential quintessentially , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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