distinctive

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An distinctive thing or feature makes something stand out from others.

When we talk about something being distinctive, we usually mean it's unique and can't be confused with anything else. For example, a city might have a distinctive skyline because of its tall buildings, or a person might have a distinctive laugh that you'll never forget. It's like a badge or a flag that says "Hey, I'm special!" We often use this word when we want to highlight what makes something or someone truly one-of-a-kind.

How common is "distinctive"?

Word distinctive is considered uncommon in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

adjective

Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
Example: a product in distinctive packaging
(rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
Characteristic, typical.
Example: his distinctive bass voice
(rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
(Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
(linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.

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Real examples of "distinctive" in context

Cillian Murphy on Christopher Nolan and playing Oppenheimer

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part of my skill set at all. However, like he was very distinctive in the way he spoke and that

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How common is "distinctive"?

adjective

Real examples of "distinctive" in context

Cillian Murphy on Christopher Nolan and playing Oppenheimer

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