pragmatically

C2 Topic:Law & Government
US /prægˈmætɪkəli/
adv Freq #123625

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a realistic manner

    We want to build a democratic society, but we must act pragmatically.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a pragmatic manner.

    "Well, there's no use crying over spilt milk," she said pragmatically.

  3. 3
    adv

    In terms of pragmatics.

    A pragmatically irrelevant proposition.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a realistic manner realistically
Word family
Derived forms apragmatically

Etymology

From pragmatic + -ally or pragmatical + -ly.

Topics

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