quintessential

[ kwin-tuh-sen-shuh l ]

/ ˌkwɪn təˈsɛn ʃəl /

of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.

of or relating to the most perfect embodiment of something: the quintessential performance of the Brandenburg Concertos.

OTHER WORDS FROM quintessential

quin·tes·sen·tial·ly, adverb

Ignoring people you hooked up with at Shooters when encountering them on campus is a quintessential Duke experience.

Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating |Ellie Schaack |January 1, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
But in reality he is the quintessential example of how Washington corrupts.

Leon Panetta Is What’s Wrong With D.C. |Michael Cohen |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Santorini is an island of churches: nearly 400 of them, many topped with the quintessential blue dome.

Book a Room for Two in a Santorini Cave |Joanna Eede |June 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
No wonder that of all the Bradys, it is the quintessential old maid who we miss the most.

Ann B. Davis Was the Zesty Antidote to the Bradys |Emily Shire |June 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

What, in your view, makes a quintessential Sony Classics release?

Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard on Woody Allen and the State of Indie Film |Richard Porton |May 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For the few, the previous elect, the quintessential in art, let no music be sounded throughout the land.

Old Fogy |James Huneker
He extracts the finest flavors and quintessential principles from flesh and vegetables.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 |Various
She felt blasted by his renewed, torrential passion and the quintessential strength of his personality.

Shadows of Flames |Amelie Rives
Where the notion of doing so is simply ludicrous, you have quintessential poetry.

Poetry for Poetry's Sake |A. C. Bradley
Every word goes to build up the story: every line is quintessential: every flash of thought helps to heighten the emotion.

Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti |T. Hall Caine

quintessential

/ (ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl) /

most typically representative of a quality, state, etc; perfect

quintessentially, adverb