pragmatic
adjectiveAdvancedELO 1,300
DEFINITION
Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.
WEBSTER'S 1913
Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.
SYNONYMS
IN LITERATURE
“Americans were absorbed in the great liberal movement begun under the leadership of President Roosevelt, the result of which was to transform democracy from a static to a pragmatic and evolutionary conception,--in order to meet and correct new and unforeseen evils.”
— Winston Churchill, Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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