| 释义 |
ˌcharacteˈristically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. In secret written character, in cipher. Obs.
1643Prynne Rome's Master-p. (ed. 2) 6 All the inclosed Letters are written Characteristically.
2. In a characteristic manner, in a way that characterizes, betokens character or special quality; distinctively and expressively; typically.
1665Spencer Prophecies 36 (T.) The title of wise men seems to have been anciently the peculiar addition of prophets, and used characteristically. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) I. 150 Philosophers..have, characteristically as such, a saying for everything. 1847H. Miller First. Impr. iii. The frankness struck me..as characteristically English. |