functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋkʃənəl/ usworking in the expected or necessary way:
The timeline is for the site to be fully functional in 18 months.
HR, WORKPLACE
relating to the different areas of skill in a business:
functional areas/departments/expertise Taxpayers will save time and resources by dealing with one team rather than several different functional areas.
designed for a practical purpose rather than for the way something looks:
highly functional but stylistically unremarkable designs
functionally
adverb
The new business plan rendered the department's computers functionally obsolete.
See also
cross-functional