practicalities

Variant of practical

adjective

  1. of, exhibited in, or obtained through practice or action: practical knowledge
    1. usable; workable; useful and sensible: practical proposals
    2. designed for use; utilitarian
  2. concerned with the application of knowledge to useful ends, rather than with theory, speculation, etc.: practical science
  3. given to, or experienced from, actual practice: a practical farmer
  4. of, concerned with, or dealing realistically and sensibly with everyday activities, work, etc.
  5. that is so in practice, whether or not in theory, law, etc.; virtual
  6. matter-of-fact; prosaic

Origin: practic + -al

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