Classical
Classical adjective - Being the most accurate and apparently thorough.
Usage example: a writer celebrated for his classical profiles of eminent Victorians
Definitive and classical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Definitive" instead an adjective "Classical".
Definitive
Definitive adjective - Being the most accurate and apparently thorough.
Usage example: the definitive work on the attack on Pearl Harbor
Classical and definitive are semantically related. You can use "Classical" instead an adjective "Definitive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- model and classical
- model and definitive
- ideal and classical
- ideal and definitive
- prime and classical
- prime and definitive
- typical and classical
- typical and definitive
- perfect and classical
- perfect and definitive
- complete and classical
- complete and definitive
- established and classical
- established and definitive
Both words in one sentence
- Normally, whenever a classical composer revises any work, usually an opera or ballet, into its "definitive" form, the "original" work is eventually replaced.
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Vampire Vords: A parody of Bela Lugosi's accent from his definitive performance of the Classical Movie Vampire in Dracula (1931)...except Lugosi never talked like that.
Source: Dead Unicorn Trope
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