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Pragmatical

//pɹæɡˈmætɪkəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to affairs of state.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of pragmatic (“practical”). alt-of, alternative

    "VVe cannot therefore alvvayes be contemplative, or pragmaticall abroad, but have need of ſom delightfull intermiſſions, vvherin the enlarg'd ſoul may leav off a vvhile her ſevere ſchooling; […]"

  3. 3
    Alternative form of pragmatic (“officious, meddlesome”). alt-of, alternative

    "[H]e grevv ſo pragmatical, that he took upon him the Government of my vvhole Family: I could never order any thing, vvithin or vvithout doors, but he muſt be alvvays giving his Counſel, forſooth: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    concerned with practical matters wordnet
  2. 2
    of or concerning the theory of pragmatism wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin pragmaticus + -al. By surface analysis, pragmatic + -al.

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