distinctive
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Britannica Dictionary definition of DISTINCTIVE
[more distinctive; most distinctive]
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having a quality or characteristic that makes a person or thing different from others
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different in a way that is easy to notice
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He had a very distinctive walk.
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This wine has a more distinctive flavor than that one.
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a cooking style that is distinctive [=characteristic] of this region
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appealing or interesting because of an unusual quality or characteristic
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The store sells only the most distinctive chocolates.
— distinctively
adverb-
a distinctively regional cooking style
— distinctiveness
noun [noncount]-
the distinctiveness of the store's chocolates
