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dis·tinc·tive

 (dĭ-stĭngk′tĭv)
adj.
1. Serving to identify; distinguishing or characteristic: the distinctive call of the hermit thrush. See Usage Note at distinct.
2. Distinguished or attractive: "Her forefinger tracked the cleft in his chin, and she thought how distinctive it made him look" (Joan Johnston).
3. Linguistics Phonemically relevant and capable of conveying a difference in meaning, as nasalization in the initial sound of mat versus bat.

dis·tinc′tive·ly adv.
dis·tinc′tive·ness n.
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Adv.1.distinctively - in an identifiably distinctive manner; "the distinctively conservative district of the county"
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Translations
بصورةٍ مُمَيَّزَه
charakteristickypříznačně
karakteristiskt
megkülönböztetően
greinilega; á auîkennandi hátt
belirgin şekilde

distinctively

[dɪsˈtɪŋktɪvlɪ] ADV [dressed] → de forma muy peculiar, de forma muy particular; [furnished] → de una forma muy particular, de una forma muy personal
the decor has a distinctively masculine feel to itla decoración tiene un aire claramente or ostensiblemente masculino
distinctively patternedcon un diseño muy particular
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

distinctively

[dɪˈstɪŋktɪvli] adv [American, British] → typiquement; [decorated] → de façon particulière
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distinctively

advunverwechselbar; distinctively dressedauffällig gekleidet; music which is distinctively AmericanMusik mit ausgeprägt amerikanischen Zügen; there is nothing distinctively Christian about this philosophyan dieser Philosophie ist nichts ausgesprochen Christliches
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

distinctively

[dɪsˈtɪŋktɪvlɪ] advin modo tutto particolare
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distinct

(diˈstiŋkt) adjective
1. easily seen, heard or noticed. There are distinct differences between the two; Her voice is very distinct.
2. separate or different. Those two birds are quite distinct – you couldn't confuse them.
diˈstinctly adverb
He pronounces his words very distinctly; I distinctly heard him tell you to wait!
diˈstinctness noun
diˈstinction (-ʃən) noun
1. (the making of) a difference. He makes no distinction between male and female employees with regard to pay.
2. a grade awarded that indicates outstanding ability or achievement. She passed her exams with distinction.
diˈstinctive (-tiv) adjective
different and easily identified. I recognized her from a long way off – she has a very distinctive walk!
diˈstinctively adverb
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References in classic literature ?
Comedy had already taken definite shape when comic poets, distinctively so called, are heard of.
Observing these people narrowly, even when the iron hand of misfortune has shaken them from their unquestioning hold on the world, one sees little trace of religion, still less of a distinctively Christian creed.
The promoter's secretary, a distinctively sporty young man, sneered audibly.
But if, as I have urged, the physical world itself, as known, is infected through and through with subjectivity, if, as the theory of relativity suggests, the physical universe contains the diversity of points of view which we have been accustomed to regard as distinctively psychological, then we are brought back by this different road to the necessity for trusting observations which are in an important sense private.
She spoke English without an accent, or rather with that distinctively British accent which, on his arrival in Europe, had struck Newman as an altogether foreign tongue, but which, in women, he had come to like extremely.
Those bands of them with whom we are here concerned, and who became known distinctively as Normans, fastened themselves as settlers, early in the eleventh century, on the northern shore of France, and in return for their acceptance of Christianity and acknowledgment of the nominal feudal sovereignty of the French king were recognized as rightful possessors of the large province which thus came to bear the name of Normandy.
The Distinctively Staffordshire exhibition, which launched last week and runs to September 29 at the Staffordshire Record Office, showcases the diversity of the county.
'While Slow Food has already identified local food from two Benguet municipalities and four Ifugao towns, we will still finalize reports and find out how the local communities can help propagate the 'mountain food' that are distinctively Cordilleran,' said Elena Aniere, Slow Food International Asia Pacific program director, in an interview over the weekend.
It is as distinctively Spanish as Gilbert and Sullivan are distinctively British, which explains why Spanish theater troupes do not perform HMS Pinafore and American audiences largely ignored The Exterminating Angel.
It had a fully developed plastron (the belly portion of a turtle's shell), but only a partial carapace made up of distinctively broadened ribs and vertebrae on its back.
Afzal Butt, boss of Imran's, said: "It's a Balti with a distinctively Jamaican twist - jerk chicken, rice and peas form the basis of this hot and spicy dish."
Once in a while, something is described as being "distinctively American."