practical
concerned with actual use or practice
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,266 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,714 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- concerned with actual use or practice he is a very practical personthe idea had no practical application
- guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory also: hardheaded, hard-nosed, pragmatic a hardheaded appraisal of our positiona hard-nosed labor leader
- being actually such in almost every respect also: virtual a practical failurethe once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin
- having or put to a practical purpose or use practical mathematicspractical applications of calculus
practical in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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You are a practical, honest creature, and you have good manners.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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They infected each other with their hysteria until they were for all practical purposes indecently mad.
How He Lied to Her Husband · Bernard Shaw · Chapter 1
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When arrived at this state of mind, Lucretia's conversation took a more worldly, a more practical turn.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1
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Jim Smith was an inveterate joker, and his jokes were, for the most part, of the practical kind.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Another man, again, might have thought himself a victim of a passing practical joke, but Brown could not easily believe this.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1