— typically , adv. — typicalness, typicality , n.
/tip"i keuhl/ , adj.
1. of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
2. conforming to a particular type.
3. Biol. exemplifying most nearly the essential characteristics of a higher group in natural history, and forming the type: the typical genus of a family.
4. characteristic or distinctive: He has the mannerisms typical of his class.
5. pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as a type or emblem; symbolic.
Also, typic .
[ 1605-15; typicalis, equiv. to LL typic ( us ) ( typikós, equiv. to týp ( os ) TYPE + -ikos -IC) + L -alis -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. normal, average, stock, usual.