pragmatically
Pronunciations
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/pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪ.kli/
Adverb
In a pragmatic manner.
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"Well, there's no use crying over spilt milk," she said pragmatically.
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To be pragmatically determined, it must be the case that the expression does not contribute new information to the structure of the discourse except as an unremarkable scenesetter.
In terms of pragmatics.
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a pragmatically irrelevant proposition
Adverb
in a practical manner, as opposed to theoretically or idealistically
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we want to build a democratic society, but we must act pragmatically
Word forms
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