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# characteristically

adverb

«characteristically» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a way that is typical of a particular person or thing; as they usually do: «Characteristically, Grandma brought cake.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#m1)
2. In a way that shows a special feature of something: «The leaves are characteristically heart-shaped.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it tells the reader that a character acted just as you would expect from them. In science it describes the typical features used to recognise a plant, animal or material. Related: «characteristic» (a typical feature), «typically».

### Examples

- Characteristically, Toad crashed the car on his first day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#x1)
- The cat characteristically ignored us when we came home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#x2)
- Holly leaves are characteristically spiky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#x3)
- She answered characteristically fast, with her hand up first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#x4)
- Characteristically for a cheetah, it sprinted and then rested. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#x5)
- He was characteristically late for the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#x6)
- The weather was characteristically wet for a Manchester spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/#x7)

### Note

Long word: char-ac-ter-IS-tic-al-ly (ends in «-ally», not «-aly»). Opposite: «uncharacteristically» (not like them at all). Means the same as «typically» but more formal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «characteristically» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«characteristically» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/characteristically.html) on Mova free.