Special
Typical
Typical adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.
Usage example: when I asked what he had learned in school that day, he gave me the typical answer of teenagers: “I don't know”
Special and typical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Typical".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- characteristic and special
- characteristic and typical
- individual and special
- individual and typical
- prime and special
- prime and typical
- distinctive and special
- distinctive and typical
- particular and special
- particular and typical
- specific and special
- specific and typical
- distinguishing and special
- distinguishing and typical
Both words in one sentence
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Recurring demon Alice returns as a special fusion, but of the Undead race instead of the typical Fiend race.
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Typical firebenders in Avatar: The Last Airbender have no special defensive abilities whatsoever.
Source: Glass Cannon - Comments: As the author puts it, this isn't your typical "Jenny turns human" fanfic, and for the way she does it here, it's pretty dang special.
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