1. (

• practical

) 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. (

• hardheaded ,
• hard-nosed ,
• practical ,
• pragmatic

) 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. (

• virtual ,
• practical ,

) being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin" ;

4. (

• practical

) having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus" ;