- -ic
- suffix (in adjectives)
1 of, like, or connected with a particular thing: photographic (=of photography) | an alcoholic drink (=containing alcohol) | polysyllabic (=containing several syllables) | pelvic (=of the pelvis) | Byronic (=like or connected with the poet Byron)2 (in nouns) someone who is affected by a particular unusual condition, a mental illness for example: an alcoholic (=someone who cannot stop drinking alcohol)— ically /Ikli/ adverb (in adverbs): photographically
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.