prototypically
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7.4
- adverb
- /ˌproʊtəˈtaɪpɪkli/
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prototípicamente
- The poem progresses from a state of affairs in which the first impulse of spring appears to be permanent, because golden, to a state of affairs in which even the prototypically eternal and immutable gold can never remain unchanged.
That's prototypically what we call wisdom.
- That's prototypically what we call wisdom.
Examples
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Finally, Farrell and Hershey (1996) asked college students to provide written descriptions of a prototypically wise person.
Academic text (1997) -
The question is whether "waving" prototypically takes an animate subject or not.
Academic text (2002) -
That's prototypically what we call wisdom.
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The present study opted to test a large number of participants on a relatively small sample of prototypically stressed polysyllabic words.
Academic text (2012) -
Our inclusion of characteristics indicative of unwise individuals allowed us to learn something about the characteristics of a prototypically unwise person.
Academic text (1997) -
Attention tends to focus on the flâneur's prototypically modern form of mobile spectatorship, with little emphasis on the embodiedness of his vision.
Academic text (2005) -
Neither butchers nor surgeons are associated with incompetence in their own work (that is, prototypically so; incompetent butchers or surgeons would not last very long).
Academic text (2006) -
Cats are prototypically known for their independence and playful nature.
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In many cultures, the wise elder is prototypically seen as a source of guidance.
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The sunflower is prototypically associated with summer and bright sunny days.
Synonyms
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In the usual way for a person, thing, or group
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5.2
In a way typical of someone or something
In a way that shows what a group is like
In a very typical way, as the original or classic example does
In a way that shows the typical or original form
How Typical
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Surface Forms
Morphology
prototypically = prototypical (transparent) = proto + typ + ic + al + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'prototypical' with -ly, so the meaning is straightforwardly recoverable.
Etymology
Prototypically comes from prototype, where proto- means 'first' and type means 'model' or 'kind'. So, to call something prototypically X is to say it is the most typical or representative example of its group.