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typi·cal (tipi kəl)

adjective

  1. serving as a type; symbolic
  2. having or showing the characteristics, qualities, etc. of a kind, class, or group so fully as to be a representative example
  3. of or belonging to a type or representative example; characteristic

Etymology: ML typicalis < L typicus < Gr typikos

typical Related Forms
typi·cally adverb typi·cal·ness noun or typ′i·cal·ity-kalə tē
typical Synonyms

typical

modif.

characteristic, habitual, usual, standard, representative, symbolic, normal, exemplary, illustrative, conventional, prototypical, archetypical, ideal, quintessential, expected, standardized, patterned, ordinary, average, common, everyday, regular, par for the course*.

Antonyms superior*, exceptional, extraordinary. See syn. study at normal.normal.

typical Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • bog: They are typical of western bogs within the drumlin belt of Northern Ireland, being elongated and very irregular in shape.
  • era: In early 19th century, romantic opera gave more dimension to the extreme emotions which were typical of that era.
  • habitat: The White-legged Damselfly is a rare British species but is typical of the habitat in the upper Adur area.
  • kind: These are typical of the kinds of changes found in the broader range of chronic epileptic foci.
  • period: The gravestone is long and somber, typical of the period.
  • type: Regulation 70 of Table A is typical of this type of provision.

Modifies a noun

  • example: Typical example of under exposed image showing limited tonal range.
  • symptom: Typical symptoms include loss of appetite, weight loss, a general feeling of poor health, jaundice, fever, fatigue and weakness.
  • scenario: A typical scenario is to receive a diskette from an innocent source that contains a boot disk virus.
  • Apr: The personal loans online service has a range of loans from 6.2 to 12.8 % with a typical APR of 7.5 % .
  • fashion: Some challenged them, saying in a typical British fashion: May I help you?
  • module: The coverage of the book embraces all of a typical first year maths module, making it ideal for core text adoption.

Modifying Another Word

  • fairly: The building is a fairly typical rural west Suffolk church.
  • pretty: All pages are different, but this strikes us as pretty typical of the many we have browsed.
  • absolutely: Summary: Same old, same old Review: My experience has been absolutely typical of everyone else's.
  • entirely: It was also entirely typical of his appetite to communicate and influence that for eight years he presented Scottish Television's This Wonderful World.
  • quite: In fact, it was quite typical for an adult.
  • so: I hope I was able to deliver a delightful and ever so typical sixteen year old's response.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: To some, the Horse seems so typical of La Tène art that a Bronze Age dating de-stabilised some widely held cultural assumptions.
  • consider: A response rate of around 20 % is considered typical for a postal questionnaire ( Haralambos & Holborn 1990 ).
typical Quotes

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

—Barnes, Djuna

Cambridge has always tried to be more typical and less exotic than the other place.

—Anonymous

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