Pragmatical

(a.) Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

(a.) Busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome.

(a.) Philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; -- said of literature.

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• Donne, after making his general bow with a grace all his own, and saying in a high, pragmatical voice, How d'ye do, Miss Helstone? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I must differ in opinion with you, Lord Hertford, said he, in his starched pragmatical manner. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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