Definitions

for all intents and purposes

ADJECTIVE

practically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approximately basically essentially morally nearly virtually

STRONG

much

WEAK

about all but as good as as much as close to fundamentally in effect in essence most nigh well-nigh

Antonyms

WEAK

far not close

ADVERB

ostensibly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

evidently officially seemingly supposedly

WEAK

at first blush externally for show on the face on the surface outwardly professedly sensibly superficially to the eye

Antonyms

WEAK

improbably obscurely unlikely

ADVERB

outwardly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

seemingly superficially

STRONG

externally

WEAK

apparently as far as one can see evidently in appearance officially on the face of it on the surface ostensibly professedly to the eye

Antonyms

WEAK

inside internally inwardly privately

ADVERB

virtually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically essentially nearly practically

WEAK

around as good as effectually fundamentally give or take a little guesstimate implicitly in all but name in effect in essence in substance in the ballpark in the neighborhood morally not absolutely not actually something like upwards of

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The Kings are playing by the same rules, for all intents and purposes, as the big-market teams.

From Los Angeles Times

So, yes, for all intents and purposes, the Golden Globes are back.

From Los Angeles Times

The two women — complete strangers, for all intents and purposes — are jittery around each other until they discover how much they have in common.

From Los Angeles Times

Dog racing was killed by ballot initiative in Florida and the other sports are, for all intents and purposes, nonexistent.

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This was, for all intents and purposes, a nightmare matchup for USC on paper.

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for all intents and purposes

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