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Practical

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Applicative 84% connected

Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

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Applicative 84% connected

Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.

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Applicatory 84% connected

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

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Applicatory 84% connected

Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.

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Applied 84% connected

of Apply

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Applied 84% connected

of Apply

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Functional 84% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Functional 84% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Matter-of-fact 84% connected

Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

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Matter-of-fact 84% connected

Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

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Operable 84% connected

Practicable.

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Operable 84% connected

Practicable.

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Practicable 84% connected

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

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Practicable 84% connected

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

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Pragmatic 84% connected

Alt. of Pragmatical

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Pragmatic 84% connected

Alt. of Pragmatical

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Pragmatical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

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Pragmatical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to business or to affairs; of the nature of business; practical; material; businesslike in habit or manner.

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Realistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

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Realistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

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Serviceable 84% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Serviceable 84% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Working 84% connected

of Work

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Working 84% connected

of Work

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Pattern 74% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Pattern 74% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Practicality 74% connected

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

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Practicality 74% connected

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

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Concrete 66% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Concrete 66% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Possible 66% connected

Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -…

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Possible 66% connected

Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -…

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Realistic 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

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Realistic 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

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Serviceable 66% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Serviceable 66% connected

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.

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Attribute 2

Practicality 66% connected

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

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Practicality 66% connected

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

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Synonym 2

Pragmatic 92% connected

Alt. of Pragmatical

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Virtual 92% connected

Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.

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