pragmatically

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English

Etymology

From pragmatic +‎ -ally or pragmatical +‎ -ly.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

pragmatically (comparative more pragmatically, superlative most pragmatically)

  1. In a pragmatic manner.
    "Well, there's no use crying over spilt milk," she said pragmatically.
    • 1986, Michael Shaun Rochemont, Focus in Generative Grammar, page 58:
      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.
  2. In terms of pragmatics.
    a pragmatically irrelevant proposition

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References

  1. ^ “pragmatically, adv.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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