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Nancy1982 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

"Characteristic lady"

Would somebody explain to me what people mean when they say “she is such a characteristic lady?”
Thank you for your help.
  

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Not a very good expression. Confusing. Perhaps: typical/ordinary.

— Marius Hancu

  • Not a very good expression.
  • Confusing.
  • Perhaps: typical/ordinary.
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Not a very good expression. Confusing.

Perhaps: typical/ordinary.
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Nancy1982Would somebody explain to me what people mean when they say “she is such a characteristic lady?”
Thank you for your help.

Are you sure you don't mean "she is such a charismatic lady?" The use of the word characteristic seems very unusual.

Siggy
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Its not that unusual - It means that she has a particular character/personality that is identifiable by her behaviour.
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AnonymousIts not that unusual - It means that she has a particular character/personality that is identifiable by her behaviour.

Mmmh. A google search reveals only 85 instances of characteristic lady, of which some are where characteristic is the final word in a sentence and lady is the first of a new one. It seems unusual to me -
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I think it was a typo as Siggy said. A characteristic person does not make much sense. Here is the official definition of characteristic:

characteristic adjective

Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive: heard my friend's characteristic laugh; the stripes that are characteristic of the zebra.

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To me, I think when someone wants to praise a woman beautiful but she is not really beautiful, people used to say: You're not beautiful but you have some characters that no one can forget when he 's met you. So, She is such a characteristic lady means a noble woman with her charming and her special beauty which are suitable to someone.For example: She is too small but she has a n
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PhuongninhbaoTo me, I think when someone wants to praise a woman beautiful but she is not really beautiful, people used to say: You're not beautiful but you have some characters that no one can forget when he 's met you. So, She is such a characteristic lady means a noble woman with her charming and her special beauty which are suitable to someone.For
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To me, I think when someone wants to praise a woman beautiful but she is not really beautiful, people used to say: You're not beautiful but you have some characters that no one can forget when he 's met you. So, She is such a characteristic lady means a noble woman with her charming and her special beauty which are suitable to someone.For example: She is too small but she has a nice
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<...that's NOT the meaning...>

<...when non-native speakers don't bother to double check usage of a word...>

[gentle hint] We appreciate courteous responses on English Forums. [/gentle hint]

MrP
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