-ical: Meaning and Definition of

-ical

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a combination ofand, used in forming adjectives from nouns (rhetorical), providing synonyms to words ending in(&hasp;poetical), and providing an adjective with additional meanings to those in theform (economical).
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