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pragmatically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪ.kli/
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Etymology

From pragmatic + -ally or pragmatical + -ly.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

apragmatically

Translations (8)

ka პრაგმატულად (in a pragmatic manner) · ca pragmàticament (in a pragmatic manner) · it pragmaticamente (in a pragmatic manner) · es pragmáticamente (in a pragmatic manner) · fi pragmaattisesti (in a pragmatic manner) · gl pragmaticamente (in a pragmatic manner) · pt pragmaticamente (in a pragmatic manner) · fr pragmatiquement (in a pragmatic manner)