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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category;
- Example: "a typical American girl"
- Example: "a typical suburban community"
- Example: "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"
- Example: "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"
- Example: "a typical romantic poem"
- Example: "a typical case of arteritis"

2. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing;
- Example: "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie
- Example: "that is typical of you!"
[syn: distinctive, typical]

3. conforming to a type;
- Example: "the typical (or normal) American"
- Example: "typical teenage behavior"



The 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"