publical

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English

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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publical (comparative more publical, superlative most publical)

  1. (nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) Public.
    • 1994 November 17, William Barwell, “Jesus is against prayer in school!”, in alt.atheism[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-25:
      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 perfectly acceptable to ignore Poor Ol' Jesus in Mark 6:5 and extend the hypocrisy to our schools. 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.
    • 1995 January 8, Mark Adams, “Copyrighted materials”, in alt.religion.scientology[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-25:
      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 unprepared hands.
    • 2001 July 2, Eva-Marie Andersson, “SafeIT it´s good”, in sci.crypt[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-25:
      By the start sequence the Diffie-Hellman key is not crypted and so it shall not be. The publical key is sent by the first e-mail. The counterparty calculates a startcryptokey with his secret key and at the same time he sends his publical key to his counterparty. Bugging of the start will not give You any key.