TYPICAL

distinctive, typical

(adjective) 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!”

typical

(adjective) conforming to a type; “the typical (or normal) American”; “typical teenage behavior”

typical

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

typical (comparative more typical, superlative most typical)

Capturing the overall sense of a thing.

Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.

Normal, average; to be expected.

(taxonomy) Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon.

Synonyms

• See also common

Antonyms

• atypical

Noun

typical (plural typicals)

Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.

Anagrams

• clay pit, claypit

Source: Wiktionary

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Typ"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. typicus, Gr. 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.)

Definition: Combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus.

– Typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

– Typ"ic*al*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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