typical

typical
adj.
VERBS
be, look, seem, sound
become
consider sth, regard sth as, take sth as

You must not take this attitude as typical of English people.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
highly
absolutely, altogether, entirely, just

That's altogether typical of Tom!

They're going to be late? Now, isn't that just typical?

by no means, not necessarily

Cape Town is by no means typical of South Africa.

PREPOSITION
of

Julia is fairly typical of her age group.

Typical is used with these nouns: ↑bravado, ↑case, ↑example, ↑fare, ↑fashion, ↑feature, ↑kind, ↑modesty, ↑morning, ↑scenario, ↑style, ↑symptom, ↑teenager, ↑understatement, ↑viewer

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