typical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having the usual qualities of a particular group, kind, or person.

   She is a typical teenager who loves music and her phone.

2. 2
   adj

   Normal or to be expected; usual.

   On a typical day, I leave the house at eight.

From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical.

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