Pragmatical

[præg'mætikl]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

(a.) Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome.

(a.) Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Meddling, officious, meddlesome, impertinent.

Editor: Sallust

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Over-busy, fussy, consequential, officious, meddlesome

ANT:Reserved, uninterfering, distant, unconcerned, inobtrusive, unmeddlesome,inofficious

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Definition

adj. of or pertaining to public business: skilled in affairs: active: practical: interfering with the affairs of others: officious: meddlesome: self-important.—n. Pragmat′ic a man of business a busybody: a public decree.—adv. Pragmat′ically.—ns. Pragmat′icalness Prag′matism activity: earnestness: meddlesomeness; Prag′matist.—Pragmatic method a method of treating events with reference to their causes conditions and results—also called Prag′matism; Pragmatic sanction a special decree issued by a sovereign such as that passed by the Emperor Charles VI. of Germany securing the crown to Maria Theresa and which led to the war so called in 1741.

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