1. (

• typical

) exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" ;

2. (

• distinctive ,
• typical

) of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" ;

3. (

• typical

) conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior" ;