Meanings
comparative more basical · superlative most basical
- non-native speakers' EnglishBasic.
Are you recording midi on a midi-track (sorry for asking this very basical questions)
2003 March 19, Frank Evers, “Cubase recording problem”, in alt.steinberg.cubase (Usenet), retrieved 25 May 20222 more examples
The corrupted LEO have secretly deprived regular citizens' basical rights in surveilllance system.
1998 November 26, Alan Yu, “Who has secretly deprived regular citizens' basical rights”, in alt.law-enforcement (Usenet), retrieved 25 May 2022This patchset is now a basical version, which dropped some features I used to submitted: - TVE support (not so high priority now) - Multi-pipeline support (also not so high priority now due to no TVE)
2017 August 1, Icenowy Zheng, “[PATCH 00/13] Allwinner H3 DE2 basical support”, in linux.kernel (Usenet), retrieved 25 May 2022
Origin
Back-formation from basically. Equivalent to basic + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
basical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basical
“basical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basical.
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