- 1. a. Alt. of Agonistical Source: opted
- 2. adj. of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. striving to overcome in argument Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. struggling for effect Source: wordnet
- 5. Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 a. of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece s. striving to overcome in argument s. struggling for effect Source: ecdict
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