Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - typical

adj. 1 serving as a characteristic example; representative. 2 characteristic of or serving to distinguish a type. 3 (often foll. by of) conforming to expected behaviour, attitudes, etc. (is typical of them to forget). 4 symbolic. Derivatives typicality n. typically adv. Etymology: med.L typicalis f. L typicus f. Gk tupikos (as TYPE)