-ical
(forming adjs 用以構成形容詞)
comical. -ical, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
Both -ic and -ical form adjectives from nouns *-ic和-ical型的形容詞都是由名詞派生的
scene/scenic; sociology/sociological. Some nouns form pairs of adjectives with both -ic and -ical which have different meanings 有些名詞可派生出成對的有-ic和-ical這兩種詞尾的形容詞, 但意義各異
history/historic (of great significance 指有重大意義的)/historical (belonging to history 屬於歷史的); economy/economic (concerned with the economy 有關經濟的)/economical (not wasteful 不浪費的). Other examples are 其他例子有 comic/comical, politic/political, classic/classical, poetic/poetical. Sometimes the pairs are almost synonymous 有時這成對的形容詞幾乎同義
rhythmic/rhythmical. Note that the adverb is derived from the -ical form 注意副詞是由-ical型派生的
comically, poetically, rhythmically, etc.