-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

Derived Forms

• -ically, suffix:forming_adverbs

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ical¹

Middle English < Latin -icālis. See -ic, -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ical¹

from Latin -icālis

Example Sentences

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From The Verge

“This is where I live,” said Jorge Suc Ical, standing atop the sea of rocks and muddy debris that entombed his town.

From New York Times

Alberto Ical, a community leader in Queja, said the villagers want to continue with the search as the local custom is to observe the bodies of the dead family members before burying them.

From Reuters

Bedraggled, and with only the clothes on her back, Ical Chen said she was grateful to the village for taking her in.

From Reuters

Ical Chen, 49, grabbed her husband and six small children and ran, barely surviving a fall into a ravine, she told Reuters in Chicuz, a hamlet three hours on foot from Queja, where she and hundreds of other survivors are now sheltered in a primary school after Thursday’s disaster.

From Reuters