practicality
prak ti ka luh tee
- n concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
- Their understandings of the practicality of leading human beings and the level of professionalism that they had both as politicians and as leaders is unrivaled.
- Amid the dignity and elegance there will be practicality: the basement will house a garage for 35 to 50 cars; a double roof will provide air-cooling space.
- Sometimes, the determining factor was practicality: Chanel wore bell-bottom trousers in Venice, the better to climb in and out of gondolas and started the pants revolution.