typical
[tip-i-kuh l]
- of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- conforming to a particular type.
- Biology. exemplifying most nearly the essential characteristics of a higher group in natural history, and forming the type: the typical genus of a family.
- characteristic or distinctive: He has the mannerisms typical of his class.
- pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as a type or emblem; symbolic.
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Sometimes typ·ic.
Origin of typical
Synonyms
See more synonyms for typical on Thesaurus.com1. normal, average, stock, usual.
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Examples from the Web for typically
Contemporary Examples
Yes, we do typically do better than Europe (and Canada, too, which is frequently awful on this score).
The genetic material can grow quickly, but are typically riddled with errors or defects.
But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.
Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
Typically, aircraft will work in pairs where the flight lead will make an initial pass to mark a target with rockets.
Historical Examples
A courage, moreover —the gambler's courage—that is typically American.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
She was indeed a Pritchard, though not so typically so as she had anticipated.
Elsie Marley, HoneyJoslyn Gray
This is the sort of idea that we are apt to think of as typically modern.
Old-Time Makers of MedicineJames J. Walsh
A conference is the most typically English thing that there is.
The other enthusiastic friend was typically Irish in temperament.
William Pitt and the Great WarJohn Holland Rose
typical
- being or serving as a representative example of a particular type; characteristicthe painting is a typical Rembrandt
- considered to be an example of some undesirable traitthat is typical of you!
- of or relating to a representative specimen or type
- conforming to a type
- biology having most of the characteristics of a particular taxonomic groupa typical species of a genus
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Also (poetic): typic
Word Origin
C17: from Medieval Latin typicālis, from Late Latin typicus figurative, from Greek tupikos, from tupos type
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Word Origin and History for typically
typical
adj.
c.1600, "symbolic, emblematic," from Medieval Latin typicalis "symbolic," from Late Latin typicus "of or pertaining to a type," from Greek typikos, from typos "impression" (see type (n.)). Sense of "characteristic" is first recorded 1850. Related: Typically.
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