Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for pragmatically. Search instead for paradigmatically.

pragmatically

American  
[prag-mat-ik-lee] / prægˈmæt ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a pragmatic way.

  2. in relation to or in terms of pragmatics.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Nonetheless, President Lincoln decided to pragmatically sidestep the legal contradictions and agreed in the summer of 1862 to a comprehensive prisoner cartel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It should be managed pragmatically rather than ideologically.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Ronald Reagan governed in California much more pragmatically than he campaigned.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2024

I take it very pragmatically as well, although I am proud to be able to fulfil this.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

"From now on, pay in bread," says the guard pragmatically.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.