virtually

[vur-choo-uh-lee] / ˈvɜr tʃu ə li /

ADVERB

for all practical purposes

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically essentially nearly practically

WEAK

around as good as effectually for all intents and purposes 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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But there have been plenty of athletes who came to their first Games virtually undefeated and seemingly invincible, only to be completely rattled by the sight of five rings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Perhaps the most worrisome, however, is the fact that virtually no knowledge-based company appears to be safe.

From Barron's

The Italian was handed a lucrative new deal by the then power-brokers at the FA virtually as England's plane prepared to take off for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

From BBC

So in order to fly the tricolore in Milan, they would have had to give up their multimillion NHL salaries and spend a couple seasons traipsing around the Alps for virtually nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Energy recovery and deployment are central to performance with engines that are served of electrical energy, and the battery is depleted and recharged on virtually every straight.

From BBC

virtually

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