Pragmatic
WordNet
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) 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"
(3) Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
noun
(4) An imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land