Lexic.us

Definition of Practically

1. Adverb. Almost; nearly. "There was practically no garden at all"

2. Adverb. In a practical manner. "A brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"

3. Adverb. (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely. "Practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"

Definition of Practically

1. adv. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.

Definition of Practically

1. Adverb. In practice; in effect. Not necessarily officially the case but what actually occurs. ¹

2. Adverb. Almost completely; almost entirely ¹

3. Adverb. With respect to practices or a practice. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Practically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Practically

practical jokers practical jokes practical number practical numbers practical nurse practical nurses practical politics practical reason practicalism practicalities

practicality practicalize practicalized practicalizes practicalizing practically (current term) practicalness practicalnesses practicals practice bundling

practice game practice makes perfect practice of law practice of medicine practice range practice session practice teacher practice what one preaches practiced

Literary usage of Practically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"They have practically to see their business through to the end, and there is still Antony to deal with. 2The boy Lucius has been just outside the tent off ..."

2. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... lias been considered cognate with, and practically equivalent to, ... that Aristarchus in his unsatisfactory interpretation practically accepted, ..."

3. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"They have practically to see their business through to the end, and there is still Antony to deal with. 2The boy Lucius has been just outside the tent off ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1900)
"CASE V. GANGRENOUS OMENTAL HERNIA WITH practically NO CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS. In January last, I was called in consultation by Dr. Stillwell to see a man ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... which is now in such general use in all large establishments that it may be said to have practically supplanted hand composition. ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"... found that the total adsorption of both acids in the same soin, was practically the same as if one of the acids were used in the same concn. ..."

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