pragmatical

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Sometimes the examples were saturated, as in the introductory song “Jellicle Cats,” which mentions practical cats, dramatical cats, pragmatical cats, fanatical cats, and so on, one after the other.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019

Before civilization became overclotted with low pragmatical fellows, a man of letters cut a fine figure in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Truly a melodramatic story, long drawn out by Tolstoy in psychological analysis and pragmatical moralizing, but in this opera retold with truly theatrical effectiveness in only four episodes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet few readers will deny that Heiden has made an ingenious, readable, shocking case for his "pragmatical and mechanistically minded modern man, product of mass education, whose sole criterion is: Will it work?"

From Time Magazine Archive

All about him was pragmatical and self-complacent, from his turned-up nose and elevated chin to his clerical black gaiters, his somewhat short, strapless trousers, and his square-toed shoes.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte