Founded on experience only; empirical.

That pursues knowledge by means of direct observation, investigation, or experiment; that relates to or derives from this method of pursuing…

That pursues knowledge by means of direct observation, investigation, or experiment (as distinct from deductive reasoning, abstract theorizing, or…

Arising in the course of experience; experimental.

Science (now historical). Of a property or matter: not manifest to direct observation; discoverable only by experiment; unexplained; latent…

Guided by or derived from previous experience or unsystematic observation; dependent on trial and error; = empirical, adj. 4. Now rare.

Of a method, procedure, etc.: derived from practice or experience, rather than theory or scientific knowledge; rough, unscientific.

Of or relating to empiricists or empiricism; characterized by empiricism (in various senses).

Forming adjectives with sense ‘practically, practical and —’, as practico-empirical, practico-social, practico-spiritual, practico-theoretical, etc.