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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When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz -- through which one fifth of the world's oil supplies usually pass -- has virtually ground to a halt.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Cristle could have been written as an overly maternal figure or, worse, virtually invisible.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

After Monday's defeat by Heart of Midlothian virtually ended their title hopes, that will become seven campaigns from 10 without a trophy.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

The campus was impressive for what happened within its walls: chest crackings, organ transplants, molecular imagings, genetic probes, and virtually any other medical service known in the advanced world.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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