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publical

publical adjective: public.

Adjective

publical (comparative more publical, superlative most publical)

  1. (nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) Public.
    • Ohhhh! NOW I get it! Since the Congress has for the usual political pettifogging reasons decided to pander to the Christians and to utterly ignore Jesus's specific commands in the Bible, (and who would be more apt to fit the phrase hypocrites than American politicians), Then it is like wise...1994 November 17, William Barwell, “Jesus is against prayer in school!”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 25 May 2022
    • Personally, I'd like to see wide distribution of all known techniques and materials. Using copyrights to prohibit distribution seems more an attempt to increase market value by limiting supply, despite the publical position indicating that the materials may prove uncomprehensible or harmful in...1995 January 8, Mark Adams, “Copyrighted materials”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet), retrieved 25 May 2022

Examples of publical in a sentence

  • Because our good American mouth breathers do not understand Jesus much better and demand the forbidden fruit of publical prayer such as specifically condemned by Jesus.1994 November 17, William Barwell, “Jesus is against prayer in school!”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 25 May 2022:
  • The publical key is sent by the first e-mail.2001 July 2, Eva-Marie Andersson, “SafeIT it´s good”, in sci.crypt (Usenet), retrieved 25 May 2022:

Forms of publical

comparativemore publical
superlativemost publical

Origin of publical

Back-formation from publically. Equivalent to public + -al.

Questions about publical

What does publical mean?
Publical means public.
How do you use publical in a sentence?
Because our good American mouth breathers do not understand Jesus much better and demand the forbidden fruit of publical prayer such as specifically condemned by Jesus.
What part of speech is publical?
Publical is an adjective.

Words near publical in the dictionary

  1. public-service announcements
  2. public-spirited
  3. public/private partnership
  4. public/private partnerships
  5. publicable
  6. publical
  7. publically
  8. publican
  9. publicans
  10. publicate
  11. publicated

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