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topical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective topical has 3 senses
- topical(s = adj.all) Array - pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
- topical(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis" Derived forms noun topic2, noun topic1
- topical(s = adj.all) Array - of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics. [1913 Webster]
- Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. [1913 Webster]"Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable." Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
topical, adj.
1 dealing with the news, current affairs, etc. (a topical song).
2 dealing with a place; local.
3 Med. (of an ailment, medicine, etc.) affecting a part of the body.
4 of or concerning topics.
1 dealing with the news, current affairs, etc. (a topical song).
2 dealing with a place; local.
3 Med. (of an ailment, medicine, etc.) affecting a part of the body.
4 of or concerning topics.
Derivative
topicality n. topically adv.
THESAURUS
topical
actual, as is, being, confined, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, existent, existing, extant, fresh, geographically limited, immanent, immediate, instant, insular, latest, limited, local, localized, modern, new, of a place, parochial, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, provincial, running, superficial, that be, that is, thematic, timely, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, vernacularROGET THESAURUS
topical
Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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