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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,969 words match “TICAL”

CHARACTERISTICAL a.

Characteristic.

CHARACTERISTICALLY adv.

In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

CHIROMANTIC; CHIROMANTICAL a.

Of or pertaining to chiromancy.

Chromatic. [Obs.]

CHROMATICALLY adv.

In a chromatic manner.

CHRONOGRAMMATIC; CHRONOGRAMMATICAL a.

Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.

CINEMATIC; CINEMATICAL a.

Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. "Conventical wages." Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior.

sting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.

COSMETIC; COSMETICAL a.

Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.

COSMOPOLITICAL a.

Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.

CRITICAL a. 6 definitions

dgment upon, literary or artistic productions. It is submitted to the judgment of more critical ears to direct and determine what is graceful and what is not. Holder.

CRITICALLY adv. 2 definitions

In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly. Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden.

CRITICALNESS n. 2 definitions

The state or quality of being critical, or of occurring at a critical time.

CRYPTIC; CRYPTICAL a.

Hidden; secret; occult. "Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working." Glanvill.

CRYPTICALLY adv.

Secretly; occultly.

Sumptuous in cheer. [Obs.] Bailey.

DEICTICALLY adv.

a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely. When Christ spake it deictically. Hammond.

DEISTIC; DEISTICAL a.

Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book. The deistical or antichristian scheme. I. Watts.