characteristically

ADVERB

essentially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually approximately necessarily originally permanently quite really substantially truly typically virtually

STRONG

fundamentally

WEAK

at heart at the heart of centrally chiefly determinately factually importantly in effect in essence indispensably inherently intimately intrinsically materially more or less so naturally primarily principally radically significantly vitally

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully

WEAK

apparently on the surface superficially

ADVERB

inimitably

Synonyms

WEAK

distinctively matchlessly

ADVERB

naturally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

artlessly but of course by birth by nature candidly casually customarily freely genuinely habitually impulsively informally innocently openly ordinarily readily unaffectedly unpretentiously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

ADVERB

specifically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

categorically clearly correctly definitely especially exactly explicitly individually pointedly precisely respectively specially

WEAK

accurately concretely distinctively in detail in specie indicatively minutely peculiarly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inaccurately indefinitely questionably

WEAK

broadly generally

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Characteristically, Cheney would defend the then-controversial decision to halt the U.S. advance toward Baghdad, which left Hussein in power.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

Characteristically, Silberman pivoted from talking about the powerful to thinking about the plight of the disempowered.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

Characteristically, the queen waved her white gloved hand to indicate they should move forward, and kept on going.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2022

Characteristically, Malcolm X wasn’t having any of that.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

Characteristically, they were not sure which it was.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

characteristically

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