Adjective
1. concerned with actual use or practice;
"he is a very practical person""the idea had no practical application""a practical knowledge of Japanese""woodworking is a practical art"2. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory;
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position""a hard-nosed labor leader""completely practical in his approach to business""not ideology but pragmatic politics"3. being actually such in almost every respect;
"a practical failure""the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"4. having or put to a practical purpose or use;
"practical mathematics""practical applications of calculus"