Adjective
1. concerned with practical matters;
"a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem""a matter-of-fact account of the trip"2. of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
3. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory;
"a hardheaded appraisal of our position""a hard-nosed labor leader""completely practical in his approach to business""not ideology but pragmatic politics"