1. quintessential - Noun
2. quintessential - Adjective
Of the nature of a quintessence; purest.
Source: Webster's dictionaryActing serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life. Marlon Brando
Pushing fear and sex buttons is a poor substitute for aesthetic elation, transcendental euphoria and quintessential stimulation. Vanna Bonta
The courage to press on regardless - regardless of whether we face calm seas or rough seas, and especially when the market storms howl around us - is the quintessential attribute of the successful investor. John Bogle
A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish. Ben Elliot
'The Glass Castle' by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family. Sara Shepard
The quintessential exercise of free speech in a culture supposedly built on that concept and dedicated to it, the Internet's development is as historically important to humanity - perhaps even more so - as Gutenberg's invention of the printing press. L. Neil Smith