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typ·i·cal  (tp-kl)
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 (-k) Of the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type; emblematic.

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

typi·cal·ly adv.
typi·cal·ness, typi·cali·ty (-kl-t) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.typically - in a typical manner; "Tom was typically hostile"
atypically, untypically - in a manner that is not typical; "she was atypically quiet"
Translations
typically [ˈtɪpɪkəlɪ] ADV
1. (= characteristically) [defiant, flamboyant, Spanish] → típicamente
a spell of typically British weatherun periodo de tiempo típicamente británico
his letter was typically humorous, but briefsu carta, como de costumbre, era graciosa pero breve
2. (= usually) → por regla general, generalmente
women typically have lower cholesterol levels than menpor regla general or generalmente las mujeres tienen el colesterol más bajo que los hombres
3. (= predictably) (iro) → como era de esperar, como suele ocurrir
typically [ˈtɪpɪkəli] adv
(= normally) → normalement, habituellement
(used with an adjective)
He is a typically nervous expectant father → Il est nerveux comme le sont habituellement les hommes qui vont être pères.
typically English → typiquement anglais(e)
(used as sentence adverb) (= characteristically)
Typically, he was late → Comme toujours, il était en retard., Pour ne pas changer, il était en retard.
typically
advtypisch; typically, he did nothing but complain about the foodbezeichnenderweise hat er sich ständig über das Essen beschwert; typically, he insisted on getting there earlyer wollte natürlich unbedingt früh hingehen, typisch
typically [ˈtɪpɪklɪ] advtipicamente
typically, he arrived home late → come al solito è arrivato a casa tardi
typically [ˈtɪpɪklɪ] advtipicamente
typically, he arrived home late → come al solito è arrivato a casa tardi


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Next to Weyrother sat Count Langeron who, with a subtle smile that never left his typically southern French face during the whole time of the reading, gazed at his delicate fingers which rapidly twirled by its corners a gold snuffbox on which was a portrait.
Yet now, when the Grandmother had just performed an astonishing feat at roulette; now, when the old lady's personality had been so clearly and typically revealed as that of a rugged, arrogant woman who was "tombee en enfance"; now, when everything appeared to be lost,--why, now the Grandmother was as merry as a child which plays with thistle-down.
It is hard when a person you have classed as typically British speaks out of his character.
 
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