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typical

  • adjective
  • typ·i·cal
  • /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/

Capturing the overall sense of a thing.

Other meanings

  1. Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.

  2. Normal, average; to be expected.

Related words

  • typicalize
  • typicality
  • typical bandicoot
  • typical antipsychotic
  • typically
  • ideal-typical
  • typical bush warbler
  • typicalness
  • antitypical
  • chronotypical
  • etypical
  • geotypical

Word history

From Ancient Greek "τυπικός" (of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical).

Where this comes from

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