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   Typ·i·cal

   /ˈtipək(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing: "a typical day" Similar representativeclassicquintessentialarchetypalmodelprototypicalstereotypicaldistinctivedistinguishingparticularnormalaverageordinarystandardregularroutinerun-of-the-millstockorthodoxconventionalpredictableunsurprisingunremarkableunexceptionalinformal:bog-standardOpposite atypicalunusualabnormalexceptionalunusualatypical
   • ▪ characteristic of a particular person or thing: "he brushed the incident aside with typical good humor" Similar characteristicin characterin keepingto be expectedusualnormalpar for the coursepredictabletrue to formtrue to typecustomaryhabitualproverbialinformal:… all overOpposite uncharacteristicout of keeping
   • ▪ showing the characteristics expected of or popularly associated with a particular person, situation, or thing: "you really are a typical journalist"
   • ▪ representative as a symbol; symbolic: "the pit is typical of hell"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin typicalis, via Latin from Greek tupikos, from tupos (see type).

   Derivatives

   • 1. typicality noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • Y

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   • P

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   • C

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   • A

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