- the quality of being adapted or designed for actual use; usefulness or convenience:Your home furniture choices should be based on practicality, durability, and beauty.
- interest in or inclination toward actual work or activity as opposed to theories or ideas:My mother was an entrepreneur whose tremendous vision, teamed with her practicality, “moved mountains.”
- a detail or consideration involved in putting something into action:She talked with culinary students about their dreams as well as the practicalities of launching a food business.
- the constraints or demands of real life or actual implementation:Economy and practicality dictate that we can't save every green space from development.
- the quality or fact of relating to actual activity, especially ordinary or everyday activity:I appreciate the real-world practicality of the question, “What does it mean to be a father?”
