2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Typical \Typ"ic*al\, a. [L. typicus Gr ?, from ? type: cf F.
typique See {Type}.]
1. Of the nature of a type representing something by a form
model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.
The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the
Christian. --Atterbury.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential
characteristics of a group as a typical genus. --
{Typ"ic*al*ly}, adv -- {Typ"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
typical
adj 1: exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a
group or kind or category; "a typical American girl";
"a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner
drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of
the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem";
"a typical case of arteritis" [ant: {atypical}]
2: of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
"Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis
Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" [syn: {distinctive}]
3: conforming to a type "the typical (or normal) American";
"typical teenage behavior"
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