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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOP'ICAL, a. [supra.] Pertaining to a place, limited; local; as a topical remedy.
1. Pertaining to a topic or subject of discourse, or to a general head.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 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> • topically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Topical is used to describe something that concerns or relates to events that are happening at the present time. The magazine's aim is to discuss topical issues within a Christian framework... ADJ • topicality The book has all the lively topicality of first-rate journalism.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Local, limited. 2. Probable, not demonstrative. 3. Consisting of topics.

Moby Thesaurus

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