quintessential
[kwin-tuh-sen-shuh l]
- 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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Contemporary Examples
He was 23 when they met, she 17, and both working at a luxury services company, Quintessentially.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and RoyaltyTim Teeman
December 10, 2014
This quintessentially human search for explanation is not specifically conservative.
Criminal justice is quintessentially a local matter; policing, judging, and operating local jails are municipal endeavors.
A quintessentially French event, the Tour de France, begins in England.
The quintessentially American lesson he learns is never to be joyless.
Historical Examples
Now, if the real part of poetry is anywhere in Hayley, or quintessentially in Pope, it certainly is not in Crashaw.
A History of English LiteratureGeorge Saintsbury
The Religio Medici , quintessentially learned, wise and splendid, is the fullest memorial of his power.
Indeed he possessed, quintessentially, that "naturalness" of matter and form on which so much stress has been laid.
A Letter BookGeorge Saintsbury
quintessential
- most typically representative of a quality, state, etc; perfect
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Word Origin and History for quintessentially
quintessential
adj.
c.1600, "purest, most refined," from quintessence (Medieval Latin quint essentia) + -al (1). Related: Quintessentially.
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