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Distinctively

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dis·tinc·tive  (d-stngktv)
adj.
1. Serving to identify; distinguishing: distinctive tribal tattoos. See Usage Note at distinct.
2. Characteristic or typical: "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor" (Curtis Wilkie).
3. Linguistics Phonemically relevant and capable of conveying a difference in meaning, as nasalization in the initial sound of mat versus bat.
dis·tinctive·ly adv.
dis·tinctive·ness n.
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Adv.1.distinctively - in an identifiably distinctive manner; "the distinctively conservative district of the county"


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Comedy had already taken definite shape when comic poets, distinctively so called, are heard of.
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Observing these people narrowly, even when the iron hand of misfortune has shaken them from their unquestioning hold on the world, one sees little trace of religion, still less of a distinctively Christian creed.
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The promoter's secretary, a distinctively sporty young man, sneered audibly.
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