-ic

-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.

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