typical: Meaning and Definition of

typ•i•cal

1. of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
2. conforming to a particular type.
3. 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.