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Quintessentially is the adverb: in a way that makes something a perfect example of its type. ‘Quintessentially ’ means ‘in a way that could hardly be more ’ — the food, the habit, the scene that people would point to and say, yes, that is us. It often sits before an adjective of place or style (quintessentially British, quintessentially modern). Like the adjective, it is a little elevated; in simple speech people say ‘so typically…’ or ‘that’s so…’. It does not mean ‘very’ on its own. It always points at a type.
典型地；最具某地／某類風格地
組成From quintessential + -ly.
同家族的字
- quintessentialthe adjective this adverb is made from
- quintessencethe noun at the root of the family
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
quintessentiallyadv/ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəli/
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In a manner that is typical or characteristic of a thing's nature.
- The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar.
- Peri handed Ptolemy his helmet. It had a crest on it, which she always thought looked quintessentially Roman.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。