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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Argentina currently produces virtually no copper, even though it shares the same Andean mountain range with Chile, by far the world’s biggest copper producer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

For a few dollars a week, a ticker could be set up virtually anywhere.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Stevenson told the BBC he was "so lucky to have Hollie there, who knew what she was doing, and the defibrillator on hand, that I've come out of it virtually unscathed...it's crazy."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

You may personally find some of them terrible, but most are bearable and all are virtually inevitable.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Fortunately, certain visual symbols and responses occur so regularly over time and place that they can be regarded as virtually universal.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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