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pragmatically

/pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪ.kli/

pragmatically adverb: in a pragmatic manner.

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.
    • 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
  2. In terms of pragmatics.
    • a pragmatically irrelevant proposition

pragmatically meaning in Bengali

pragmatically in Bengali

প্রয়োগবাদী ভাবে, প্রয়োগবাদের পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে

Forms of pragmatically

comparativemore pragmatically
superlativemost pragmatically

Origin of pragmatically

From pragmatic + -ally or pragmatical + -ly.

Words formed from pragmatically

Questions about pragmatically

What does pragmatically mean?
Pragmatically means in a pragmatic manner.
What is pragmatically in Bengali?
Pragmatically in Bengali is প্রয়োগবাদী ভাবে, প্রয়োগবাদের পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে. See Pragmatically meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pragmatically?
Pragmatically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce pragmatically?
Pragmatically is pronounced /pɹæɡˈmæ.tɪ.kli/.

Words near pragmatically in the dictionary

  1. pragmaticalise
  2. pragmaticality
  3. pragmaticalization
  4. pragmaticalizations
  5. pragmaticalize
  6. pragmatically
  7. pragmaticalness
  8. pragmatician
  9. pragmaticians
  10. pragmaticism
  11. pragmaticisms

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