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DISTINCTIVELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distinctively mean?
• DISTINCTIVELY (adverb)
The adverb DISTINCTIVELY has 1 sense:
1. in an identifiably distinctive manner
Familiarity information: DISTINCTIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an identifiably distinctive manner
Context example:
the distinctively conservative district of the county
Pertainym:
distinctive (capable of being classified)
Context examples
A malignant fibroblastic sarcoma with variably myxoid stroma, pleomorphism and a distinctively curvilinear vascular pattern.
(Myxofibrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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