topical
adj 1: pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for
topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
2: of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record
on both a chronological and a topical basis"
3: of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a
topical and timely study of civil liberty"
topical adjectiveDate: circa 1525 1.a. of, relating to, or arranged by topics <set down in
topical form> b. referring to the topics of the day
or place ; of local or temporary interest <a topical
novel> <topical references>
2. designed for or involving local application and action (as on the
body) <a topical anesthetic> <a topical remedy>
• topicallyadverb
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. Derivatives: topicality n. topically adv.
topical
ˈtɔpɪkəl 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. øøtopicality
n. topically adv.
Topical \Top"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. ?. See
Topic, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application;
as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
2. (Rhet. & logic) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic
or topics; according to topics.
3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not
demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.
Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and
probable. --Sir M. Hale.
topical
ˈtɔpɪkəl adj.
1 contemporary, current, up to date, timely: Drug addiction is certainly a topical subject.
2 local, superficial: For a minor injury we give a topical, not a general anaesthetic.
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, vernacular
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