the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Capable of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Applying; applicatory; practical.
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adj. readily applicable or practical
Word Usage
"For the benefit of those wishing to base their future joke-telling on sound scientific principles, the remaining patterns are division, completion, translation, applicative and qualitative recontextualization, and opposition."