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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In a functional way.
  • adverb Practically; effectively.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a functional manner; by means of functions; specifically, in zoöl., with reference to function alone: as, the maxillæ of crustaceans are morphologically limbs, but functionally jaws.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriate activity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a functional manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with respect to function

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Examples

  • "It's what they call functionally obsolete, meaning it's narrow and the trusses have low clearance," Elkins said.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • "It's what they call functionally obsolete, meaning it's narrow and the trusses have low clearance," Elkins said.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • "It's what they call functionally obsolete, meaning it's narrow and the trusses have low clearance," Elkins said.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Medicare functionally is just politicians buying votes by promising voters that others will pay their expenses for them.

    Health Care Madness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • My approach on eBay is to look for high quality well made items that are in functionally sound condition.

    16 posts from September 2008 2008

  • My approach on eBay is to look for high quality well made items that are in functionally sound condition.

    Five Ways to Find Sustainable Products on eBay 2008

  • A third question, incidentally, is the role of the Reno Justice Department, and Clinton Administration more broadly, in functionally encouraging these disastrous bureaucratic developments.

    Balkinization 2006

  • President Obama on Thursday visited the Brent Spence Bridge, which has been called "functionally obsolete."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • President Obama on Thursday visited the Brent Spence Bridge, which has been called "functionally obsolete."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • President Obama on Thursday visited the Brent Spence Bridge, which has been called "functionally obsolete."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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