Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Typical \Typ"ic*al\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. ?, from ? type: cf. F.
   typique. See {Type}.]
   1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form,
      model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.

            The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the
            Christian.                            --Atterbury.

   2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential
      characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus. --
      {Typ"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Typ"ic*al*ness}, n.