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- DictionaryTyp·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
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