characteristically

English

Etymology

From characteristic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

characteristically (comparative more characteristically, superlative most characteristically)

1. In a usual or expected way; in characteristic manner.
   • 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:

     The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad: in one characteristically slick and chilling Isis video – entitled “a message to the Jordanian tyrant” – a smiling, long-haired young man in black pats the explosive belt round his waist as he burns his passport and his fellow fighters praise the memory of Zarqawi, who was killed in Iraq in 2006.

   • 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.

   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

     There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses. He walked in with their support.

Related terms

• characteristic

Translations

in a usual or expected way

• Catalan: característicament (ca)
• Finnish: tyypillisesti (fi)
• French: typiquement (fr), caractéristiquement (fr)
• Galician: caracteristicamente
• Polish: charakterystycznie (pl)
• Spanish: característicamente