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-ical

  1. a combination of -ic and -al 1, used in forming adjectives from nouns ( rhetorical ), providing synonyms to words ending in -ic ( poetical ), and providing an adjective with additional meanings to those in the -ic form ( economical ).


-ical

suffix forming adjectives

  1. a variant of -ic

    fanatical

    economical

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • -ically, suffix:forming_adverbs
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ical1

Middle English < Latin -icālis. See -ic, -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -ical1

from Latin -icālis
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Example Sentences

And now he hears words that are known to him,—“ical-akinish” and “shiloké;” hears them repeated again and again.

Sem′i-costif′erous, half-bearing a rib; Semicrit′ical, related to a differential equation and its criticoids.

Sem′i-solid, partially solid; Semispher′ical, having the figure of a half-sphere.

Irenic, ī-ren′ik, adj. tending to create peace: pacific—also Iren′ical.

Categoremat′ic, capable of being used by itself as a term; Categor′ical, positive: absolute: without exception.

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