philosophical

CEFRB2

/ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kl̩/

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He's quite philosophical about his demotion.
His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
“For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm,” said Howard Chen, study author and Ph.D candidate at Northwestern University.

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“For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm,” said Howard Chen, study author and Ph.D candidate at Northwestern University.
2019 November 11, Ashley Strickland, “What makes a planet potentially habitable”, in CNN
His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
1846, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Sphinx”, in Arthur's Ladies Magazine
She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.
1911, Hector Hugh Munro, The Schartz-Metterklume Method

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From philosophy + -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”). Displaced native Old English ūþwitlīċ.