adj.

1. Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category: a typical suburban community.
2. Of or relating to a representative specimen; characteristic or distinctive.
3. Conforming to a type: a composition typical of the baroque period.
4. also typ·ic (-ĭk) Of the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type; emblematic.

[Late Latin typicālis, from typicus, from Greek tupikos, from tupos, impression.]

typically typ'i·cal·ly adv.
typicalness typ'i·cal·ness or typ'i·cal'i·ty (-kăl'ĭ-tē) n.

adjective

1. Commonly encountered: average, common, commonplace, general, normal, ordinary, usual. See surprise/expect.
2. Serving to identify or set apart an individual or group: characteristic, distinctive, individual, peculiar, vintage. See same/different/compare.
3. Having the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type: archetypal, archetypic, archetypical, classic, classical, model, paradigmatic, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical, quintessential, representative, typic. See same/different/compare, usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: usual, conventional
Antonyms: atypical, different, rare, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual

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IN BRIEF: Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category.

My mother was given to a typical question: We have always done this. Why should we do anything else? — J.D. Rockefeller

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - typisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
kenmerkend, symbolisch

Français (French)
adj. - typique, caractéristique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - typisch, repräsentativ, charakteristisch, symbolisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χαρακτηριστικός, αντιπροσωπευτικός, τυπικός, συνήθης, αναμενόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
tipico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - caraterístico (m), típico (m), simbólico (m)

Русский (Russian)
характерный, типичный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - típico, característico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - typisk, karakteristisk, representativ

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
典型的, 象征性的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 典型的, 象徵性的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전형적인, 상징적인, 특유의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 典型的な, 独特な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نموذجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮טיפוסי, אופייני‬

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