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Practical   /prˈæktəkəl/  /prˈæktɪkəl/   Listen
Practical

adjective
1.
Concerned with actual use or practice.  "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.  Synonyms: hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic.  "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.  Synonym: virtual.  "The once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
4.
Having or put to a practical purpose or use.  "Practical applications of calculus"



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"Practical" Quotes from Famous Books



... The practical jest of Richie Moniplies going behind the arras to get an opportunity of teasing Heriot, was a pleasantry such as James might be supposed to approve of. It was customary for those who knew his humour to contrive jests of this kind for his amusement. The celebrated ...
— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott
... I knew the whole thing would end in smoke, as indeed to all outward appearance it shortly did; for Dr. Downie advised him not to be in too great a hurry, and whatever he did to do it gradually. He therefore took no further action than to show marked favour to practical engineers and mechanicians. Moreover he started an aeronautical society, which made Bridgeford furious; but so far, I am afraid it has done us no good, for the first ascent was disastrous, involving the death of the poor fellow who made ...
— Erewhon Revisited • Samuel Butler
... Medical Astrology the authors have given a system that is based on years of practical experience. Thirty-six example horoscopes are included, and the subject is ...
— The Rosicrucian Mysteries • Max Heindel
... political opposition; MUBARAK tolerated limited political activity by the Brotherhood for his first two terms, but moved more aggressively since then to block its influence; civic society groups are sanctioned, but constrained in practical terms; trade unions and professional associations are ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... attracted to itself, if not the abolitionists, certainly all those idealists, like James Russell Lowell and George William Curtis, who had opposed slavery when opposition was neither safe nor popular. To moral principles it added practical considerations. Business men had confidence in it. Workingmen, who longed for the independence of the farmer, owed to its indulgent land policy the opportunity of securing free homesteads in the West. The immigrant, landing penniless on these shores, as a ...
— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard


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