characteristicallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌkarᵻktəˈrɪstᵻkli/, U.S.

/ˌkɛr(ə)ktəˈrɪstək(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: characteristical adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < characteristical adj. + -ly suffix². Compare later characteristic adj.In sense 2 after post-classical Latin characteristice (1640 in the passage translated in quot. 1643).

1. In a characteristic manner; in a way indicative of character or identity; distinctively and expressively; typically.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > characteristically or in terms of specific qualities

distinctively1610

characteristicallya1622

specifically1624

distinguishingly1649

all1881

a1622 N. Byfield Serm. 10 First Verses 3rd Chapter 1st Epist. S. Peter (1626) 12 This [sc. subjection] of all other things is most essentially requisite, as that which characteristically differenceth the duty of the wife.

1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies ii. 36 in Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) The title of..wise men seems to have been anciently the peculiar addition of Prophets and used characteristically.

1741 tr. F. de S. de la M. Fénélon in tr. L. Riccoboni Hist. & Crit. Acct. Theatres in Europe 253 Tragedy ought to be characteristically different from Comedy.

1796 R. Polwhele Infl. of Local Attachment 90 This attachment to inanimate objects..is characteristically British.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 150 Philosophers..have, characteristically as such, a saying for everything.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. iii. 33 The frankness struck me..as characteristically English.

1875 S. Wood & H. Lapham Waiting for Mail 111 Jim..went into the bar, drank himself stupid, and was carried off to an out-building characteristically named ‘the Dead House’.

1915 E. M. Stevens Psychol. Space Perception ii. 30 It is because the eyes are characteristically the organs of space discrimination that we think of the spacial world as a visual world.

1956 I. S. Maxwell in D. L. Linton Sheffield 128 Characteristically there is a ‘core area’ with wholly Scandinavian names surrounded by a peripheral area containing Scandinavianized or hybrid names.

2003 Art Q. Autumn 29/1 This is a characteristically vigorous example of his output as a draughtsman.

†2. In secret written character, in cipher. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [adverb]

characteristically1643

1643 W. Prynne tr. A. Habernfeld Romes Master-peece 6/1 All the inclosed Letters are written Characteristically [L. characteristice].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	characteristically
释义	characteristicallyadv. Brit. /ˌkarᵻktəˈrɪstᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌkɛr(ə)ktəˈrɪstək(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: characteristical adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < characteristical adj. + -ly suffix². Compare later characteristic adj.In sense 2 after post-classical Latin characteristice (1640 in the passage translated in quot. 1643). 1. In a characteristic manner; in a way indicative of character or identity; distinctively and expressively; typically. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > characteristically or in terms of specific qualities distinctively1610 characteristicallya1622 specifically1624 distinguishingly1649 all1881 a1622 N. Byfield Serm. 10 First Verses 3rd Chapter 1st Epist. S. Peter (1626) 12 This [sc. subjection] of all other things is most essentially requisite, as that which characteristically differenceth the duty of the wife. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies ii. 36 in Disc. Prodigies (ed. 2) The title of..wise men seems to have been anciently the peculiar addition of Prophets and used characteristically. 1741 tr. F. de S. de la M. Fénélon in tr. L. Riccoboni Hist. & Crit. Acct. Theatres in Europe 253 Tragedy ought to be characteristically different from Comedy. 1796 R. Polwhele Infl. of Local Attachment 90 This attachment to inanimate objects..is characteristically British. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 150 Philosophers..have, characteristically as such, a saying for everything. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. iii. 33 The frankness struck me..as characteristically English. 1875 S. Wood & H. Lapham Waiting for Mail 111 Jim..went into the bar, drank himself stupid, and was carried off to an out-building characteristically named ‘the Dead House’. 1915 E. M. Stevens Psychol. Space Perception ii. 30 It is because the eyes are characteristically the organs of space discrimination that we think of the spacial world as a visual world. 1956 I. S. Maxwell in D. L. Linton Sheffield 128 Characteristically there is a ‘core area’ with wholly Scandinavian names surrounded by a peripheral area containing Scandinavianized or hybrid names. 2003 Art Q. Autumn 29/1 This is a characteristically vigorous example of his output as a draughtsman. †2. In secret written character, in cipher. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [adverb] characteristically1643 1643 W. Prynne tr. A. Habernfeld Romes Master-peece 6/1 All the inclosed Letters are written Characteristically [L. characteristice]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1622
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