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Practical.

The quality or state of being practicable; practicableness; feasibility. "The practicability of such a project." Stewart.

That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good.

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

To render practical. [R.] "Practicalizing influences." J. S. Mill.

1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.

Same as Practicality.

bitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise. A heart . . . exercised with covetous practices. 2 Pet. ii. 14.

Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton.

One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. South.

One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything by practice; a practitioner.

Practice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A guide. [Cuba & Phil. Islands] D. C. Worcester.

The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility. Goldsmith.

Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.

The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.

In an impracticable manner. Morality not impracticably rigid. Johnson.

Not practical.

See Malpractice.