quintessentially

• Most of us think of testosterone as the quintessentially male hormone--a tiny, internal squirt of it turning men into rutting, sex-crazed ... You get the idea. —  Omni: May 1994
• The supernatural vampire as presented in contemporary fiction, rather than representing a male adolescent sexual fantasy as Twitchell maintains, might more accurately be characterized as a quintessentially female fantasy. —  StrangeHorizons,July2002
• "American ruling class" when he sees it, Lapham is quintessentially "Old Money." —  DVD Verdict
• Optometry is one of those quintessentially physical, service-oriented industries that once seemed naturally immune to Web commerce. —  Les Jones
• One leap forward - even a gigantic leap like the emergence of the first black president - does not a cure make for this universally human, but quintessentially American, disease. —  news.newamericamedia.org

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