Found 2 items, similar to agonistical.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: agonistical
agonistical
adj : striving to overcome in argument;
“a dialectical and
agonistic approach” [syn:
agonistic,
combative]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Agonistical
Agonistic
\Ag`o*nis"tic\, Agonistical
\Ag`o*nis"tic*al\, a. [Gr.
?. See
Agonism.]
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining
to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence,
strained; unnatural.
[1913 Webster]
As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he
consumed his power in agonistic displays. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]