Virtually

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Virtually \Vir"tu*al*ly\, adv.
     In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not
     actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  virtually
       adv 1: (intensifier before a figurative expression) without
              exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV
              during the Gulf war" [syn: {literally}]
       2: in essence or effect but not in fact; "the strike virtually
          paralyzed the city"; "I'm virtually broke"
       3: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
          accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for
          `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for
          `almost'; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was
          almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
          finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
          fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording
          is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed
          the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most
          everyone agrees" [syn: {about}, {just about}, {almost}, {most},
           {all but}, {nearly}, {near}, {nigh}, {well-nigh}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "virtually":
     absolutely, actually, all in all, almost, almost entirely,
     approximately, as good as, basically, by and large, chiefly,
     effectively, effectually, essentially, fundamentally, in effect,
     in essence, in substance, in the main, latently, mainly, morally,
     more or less, mostly, nearly, on balance, on the whole,
     potentially, practically, substantially, underlyingly