pragmatical
/pɹæɡˈmætɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of pragmatic (“practical”).
adj
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."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more pragmatical (comparative)
most pragmatical (superlative)