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Using "respectively" can be confusing as it is, and synonyms such as "correspondingly" only make it worse since we're not used to this. If you absolutely have to use one or the other, use "respectively." However, it is much less confusing to avoid "respectively" altogether, and it doesn't even take up any more space. Here's a better way of wording your example: "At the market, Samantha bought apples, John bought mangoes, and Jack bought oranges." This sentence is the same length as your original sentence (both are 13 words) and it flows much more easily.

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In Strunk and White's Elements of Style, using "respectively" in this manner (and thus using a synonym in this manner) is discouraged:

Respective. Respectively. These words may usually be omitted with advantage. . . . [Example:] The mile run and the two-mile run were won by Jones and Cummings respectively. [Better:] The mile run was won by Jones, the two-mile run by Cummings. (page 57 in the Third Edition)

Following Strunk and White, the way to word your sentence would be: "Samantha bought apples, John bought mangoes, and Jack bought oranges from the market." The problem here is it sounds like Jack was the only one who bought from the market, an the others bought somewhere else. A quick solution is to rearrange the sentence: "At the market, Samantha bought apples, John bought mangoes, and Jack bought oranges."

An icon was originally a picture or representation of a saint or Christ. One of the reasons icons have been condemned by certain churches/religions is that they were venerated themselves as sacred. I agree that the word icon is used all too easily by people, who often exaggerate for effect. I would use a less exagerrative replacement.

What to use instead? One understated way of saying something similar in meaning is the picture, the image, models and typifies or is the essence of: Four Weddings... is the picture of romantic comedies from the 90s.

The perfect example: Four Weddings... is the perfect example of romantic comedies from the 90s.

Those don't hype it too much.

If you want the perfect word, context is important.

Epitome: typical of or possessing to a high degree the features of a whole class (exemplification, quintessence/quintessential, and the ultimate are also dramatic words to express the idea.)

I think the apotheosis is an amusing way of reflecting on the hype: the elevation or exaltation to the rank of a god.

If you don't like iconic, maybe considering the less lofty words for representative would suit you.