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'
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
[ Syn: hardheaded , hard-nosed , pragmatic ]
being actually such in almost every respect; a practical failure; the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin
[ Syn: virtual ]
having or put to a practical purpose or use; practical mathematics; practical applications of calculus'