typically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English typical

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English typically

From typical + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kli/, /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kə.li/

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈtəp.ə.kə.li/, /ˈtɪp.ə.kli/

Adverb

typically (comparative more typically, superlative most typically)

1. In a typical or common manner.
   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8838, archived from the original on 25 July 2020, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

     An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic […] real kidneys […] . But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.

2. In an expected or customary manner.
   • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport‎^[2], archived from the original on 6 May 2021:

     And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes.

Synonyms

• (in a typical manner): commonly, most of the time; see also Thesaurus:usually
• (in a customary manner): ordinarily, routinely; see also Thesaurus:normally

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “all”): atypically
• (antonym(s) of “in a typical manner”): See also Thesaurus:occasionally
• (antonym(s) of “in a customary manner”): See also Thesaurus:unusually

Hyponyms

• prototypically

Translations

in a typical manner

• Catalan: típicament (ca)
• Finnish: tyypillisesti (fi), yleensä (fi)
• French: typiquement (fr)
• Galician: tipicamente
• German: typischerweise (de)
• Greek: τυπικά (el) (typiká), τυπικώς (el) (typikós)
• Hungarian: jellemzően, tipikusan (hu)
• Indonesian: khususnya (id)
• Italian: tipicamente (it)
• Polish: typowo (pl)
• Portuguese: tipicamente (pt)
• Scots: teepically
• Spanish: típicamente (es)
• Walloon: tipicmint (wa)

in an expected or customary manner

• Finnish: tyypillisesti (fi)
• French: habituellement (fr), ordinairement (fr)
• Greek: συνήθως (el) (syníthos)
• Indonesian: khas (id)
• Italian: solitamente (it)
• Polish: typowo (pl)
• Portuguese: geralmente (pt), habitualmente (pt), comumente (pt), em geral (pt), normalmente (pt), em regra
• Scots: teepically