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[ adverb ] in a typical manner
Examples "Tom was typically hostile" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)The argument was typically advanced in_terms_of U._S. `` prestige '' . This ignorant estimate , I repeat , is not of any interest in itself ; but it becomes very important if foreign peoples react the way human_beings typically do - namely , by taking steps to end_up on what appears to be the winning side . Thus , typically , the first stage of a Communist takeover is to `` neutralize '' a country . (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)Typically , in a lower-middle_class Jewish family , a son will be sent to an out-of-town school , if financial resources warrant it , while the daughter will attend the local college . (H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)Since tone_systems typically comprise fewer units than either consonant or vowel_systems , we might expect that they would be the easiest part of a phonologic analysis . Related terms |
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