typical

3 definitions found

typical - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the
              Christian.                            --Atterbury.
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     2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential
        characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus.
        [1913 Webster] -- Typ"ic*al*ly, adv. --
        Typ"ic*al*ness, n.
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typical - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, untypical]
      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,
         typical]
      3: conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American";
         "typical teenage behavior"

typical - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "typical":
     absolute, archetypal, categorical, characteristic, classic,
     classical, classificational, classificatory, common, commonplace,
     connotative, consummate, conventional, customary, defining,
     demonstrative, denominative, denotative, designative, diagnostic,
     differential, distinctive, distinguishing, divisional, divisionary,
     emblematic, evidential, exemplary, exhibitive, expressive, figural,
     figurative, general, ideal, identifying, ideographic,
     idiosyncratic, implicative, in character, in keeping, indicating,
     indicative, indicatory, individual, meaningful, metaphorical,
     model, naming, natural, naturalistic, naturistic, normal, orderly,
     ordinal, ordinary, orthodox, paradigmatic, particular,
     pathognomonic, peculiar, perfect, precedential, prototypal,
     quintessential, realistic, regular, representative,
     run-of-the-mill, sample, semantic, semiotic, signalizing,
     significant, significative, signifying, special, specific,
     standard, subdivisional, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic,
     symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic, taxonomic,
     to be expected, true to form, true to type, typal, typic,
     unexceptional, usual