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pragmatic

adjective
Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are: down-to-earth, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, objective, practical, pragmatical, prosaic, realistic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic. See excite, real
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Archaic. A person given to intruding in other people's affairs: busybody, interloper, meddler, quidnunc. Informal: kibitzer. Slang: buttinsky. See participate

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