Meaning

(law) Relating to affairs of state..

Definitions by Sense

1. (law) Relating to affairs of state.
2. Alternative form of pragmatic (“practical”).
3. Alternative form of pragmatic (“officious, meddlesome”).

Example Sentences

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; […]

[…]it has seemed to me that the low, pragmatical, earthly view of the Gospel manifested therein,—as also in his elegant treatise De Veritate Religionis Christianae,—affords a strong confirmation to that report.

[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: […]

[H]e had been condemned already to many uncomfortable lurking-places, and more disagreeable disguises, as well as to long and difficult journeys, during which, between pragmatical officers of justice belonging to the prevailing party, and parties of soldiers whose officers usually took on them to act upon their own warrant, risk of discovery had more than once become very imminent.

Word Forms

• more pragmatical
• most pragmatical

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When Should You Use Pragmatical?

Use pragmatical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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