practically

Adverb

• almost; nearly
  • "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train"
  • "he was practically the only guest at the party"
  • "there was practically no garden at all"
• in a practical manner
  • "practically orientated institutions such as business schools"
  • "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"
• (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
  • "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"

Adv

• In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally.
• Almost completely; almost entirely.
• With respect to practices or a practice.
• In a way that is practical: feasibly; unchallengingly.

Examples

• "He was practically educated and lacked theoretical depth."
• "He was practically uneducated, barely able to read and write a simple sentence."
• "He wasn't very good with words or numbers; he was more of a practically minded person"
• "practically achievable"
• "Stalin was not technically or legally the head of state but was practically so."

Synonyms

all but, de facto, effectively, much, practicably

Antonyms

impractically