from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adverb All but; nearly; almost.
adverb In a way that is practical.
from The Century Dictionary.
In a practical manner; from a practical point of view; by actual experience; not merely theoretically: as, to be practically acquainted with a business.
In effect; actually, so far as results and relations are concerned; as a matter of fact.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adverb In a practical way; not theoretically; really
adverb By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment
adverb In practice or use
adverb Almost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adverb In practice; in effect. Not necessarily officially the case but what actually occurs.
adverb Almostcompletely; almost entirely
adverb With respect to practices or a practice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adverb (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
adverb almost; nearly
adverb in a practical manner
Etymologies
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practical + -ly.
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Examples
Eight years and billions of dollars later, we learned that the North Koreans were breaking their word practically from day one.
So Scalia's insistence that the Catholic Church does not consider capital punishment immoral rests on the word "practically" in the Church's catechism.
Another year, another April 20th, and another president who used the stuff, and yet marijuana use and possession is still a crime in practically all circumstances in this country.
Another year, another April 20th, and another president who used the stuff, and yet marijuana use and possession is still a crime in practically all circumstances in this country.
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