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Agonistic; Agonistical
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.