Versed in affairs; skilled in business; engaged in business pursuits.
Active; diligent; busy.
Pertaining to business or to material interests; hence, material; commonplace.
Practical; authoritative.
Unduly busy over the affairs of others; meddlesome; interfering; officious.
Characterized by officiousness; performed or delivered by an officious person; intrusive.
Busy over trifles; self-important; busy.
n. A professional opinion or decision.
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adj. of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
adj. concerned with practical matters
Word Usage
"The practical law based on the motive of happiness I term a pragmatical law (or prudential rule); but that law, assuming such to exist, which has no other motive than the worthiness of being happy, I term a moral or ethical law."