Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb All but; nearly; almost.
- adverb In a way that is practical.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a practical manner; from a practical point of view; by actual experience; not merely theoretically: as, to be practically acquainted with a business.
- In effect; actually, so far as results and relations are concerned; as a matter of fact.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a practical way; not theoretically; really
- adverb By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment
- adverb In practice or use
- adverb Almost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In practice; in effect. Not necessarily officially the case but what actually occurs.
- adverb
Almost completely ; almost entirely - adverb With respect to practices or a practice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
- adverb almost; nearly
- adverb in a practical manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Eight years and billions of dollars later, we learned that the North Koreans were breaking their word practically from day one.
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The title practically screams out the conclusion that he appears to be seeking.
When men are insecure about masculinity, they support war and oppose same-sex marriage 2005
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The word practically wedged in her throat, and she flushed.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The word practically wedged in her throat, and she flushed.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The word practically wedged in her throat, and she flushed.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The word practically wedged in her throat, and she flushed.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller was quoted as saying officials were considering an asset swap, which he called practically a merger.
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So Scalia's insistence that the Catholic Church does not consider capital punishment immoral rests on the word "practically" in the Church's catechism.
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Another year, another April 20th, and another president who used the stuff, and yet marijuana use and possession is still a crime in practically all circumstances in this country.
Archive 2009-04-01 KaneCitizen 2009
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Another year, another April 20th, and another president who used the stuff, and yet marijuana use and possession is still a crime in practically all circumstances in this country.
4-20 rolls around again... KaneCitizen 2009
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