pragmatic
adjective
[ praɡˈmatɪk ]
• dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
Similar:
practical,
matter-of-fact,
realistic,
sensible,
down-to-earth,
commonsensical,
hard-headed,
expedient,
businesslike,
rational,
reasonable,
no-nonsense,
unsentimental,
unidealistic,
hard-nosed,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the senses ‘busy, interfering, conceited’): via Latin from Greek pragmatikos ‘relating to fact’, from pragma ‘deed’ (from the stem of prattein ‘do’). The current senses date from the mid 19th century.
