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   topical

   /ˈtɒpɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a subject) of immediate relevance, interest, or importance owing to its relation to current events: "a popular topical affairs programme"
   • ▪ relating to a particular subject; classified according to subject: "foreign or topical stamps"
   • 2. relating or applied directly to a part of the body: "topical steroid creams"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Greek topikos+ -al. Early use was as a term in logic and rhetoric describing a rule or argument as ‘applicable in most but not all cases’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. topicality noun
   • 2. topically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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