-ical


  1. a combination of -ic and -al1, used in forming adjectives from nouns (rhetorical), providing synonyms to words ending in -ic (poetical), and providing an adjective with additional meanings to those in the -ic form (economical).

Origin of -ical

1
Middle English <Latin -icālis.See -ic, -al1

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British Dictionary definitions for -ical

-ical

suffix forming adjectives
  1. a variant of -ic economical; fanatical

Origin of -ical

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from Latin -icālis

Derived forms of -ical

  • -ically, suffix forming adverbs

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