typaladj.
/ˈtʌɪpəl/ 1. Of the nature of, serving as, or answering to a type, pattern, or specimen; representative; typical.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [adjective] > typical of a class
exemplar1570
exemplary1593
typifying1653
speciminal1664
representative1788
typified1851
typal1853
specimen1860
typical1860
1853 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) vii. 285 True typal varieties of English life.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. i. 18 The ‘literate’ may become the typal incumbent of England, and..the English clergyman—gentleman and scholar as well as Christian—become a thing of the past.
1882 Dorling in Sunday Mag. 196 A charming glimpse of a typal Welsh preacher.
2. Pertaining or relating to a type or symbol; symbolic; emblematic.
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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > [adjective]
figurative1398
characteristical1591
typic1610
typical1612
characterical?c1622
characteristic1647
umbratile1665
typeful1889
typal1893
1893 E. Dingle (title) The typal use of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet in the Psalms &c.
3. Of or pertaining to printing type; typographical.
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society > communication > printing > [adjective]
typographical1593
prelal1659
typical1770
typographic1778
typal1882
typological1882
typo1891
1882 J. Parker Apostolic Life I. 62 There are palpitations which cannot be reported, and tones which have no typal representation.
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