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practically

[prak-tik-lee]

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adverb

in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.

in a practical manner: to think practically.

from a practical point of view: Practically speaking, the plan is not very promising.

almost; nearly: Their provisions were practically gone.

Origin:
1615–25; practical + -ly

Usage note
A few usage guides object to the use of practically in the senses “in effect, virtually” and “almost, nearly.” Both uses, however, are well established and standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

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Practically everyone becomes an amateur photographer when they travel-photographs are a way to capture the experience.

Lab-grown gemstones are now practically indistinguishable from mined diamonds.

Newscasters are practically automatons already, so a synthetic anchor comes as a welcome alternative.

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Practically everyone becomes an amateur photographer when they travel-photographs are a way to capture the experience.

Lab-grown gemstones are now practically indistinguishable from mined diamonds.

Newscasters are practically automatons already, so a synthetic anchor comes as a welcome alternative.

Unless you kow-towed to them or undermined them, you were practically raled out of everything".

Practically any scientific entrepreneur with a business plan.

In good times industrial collusion, overseen by bureaucrats, is practically official policy.

Now you can practically park your car and be a stones throw away.

Sleep is such a fundamental biological drive that it's shared by practically every species, from fruit flies to humans.

Even for a novice do-it-yourselfer, installing a mortarless flagstone path is a practically foolproof project.

Once unstoppable, the beloved company practically invented amateur photography.

Patients are practically in tears because they're so worried.

Law-school accreditation is technically voluntary but practically important:.

In some villages half the working-age population works abroad, practically all illegally and with poor pay.

The first is that the solar wind doesn't simply slow down when it crosses into the heliosheath-it practically stops.

The weather was perfect, there being practically no wind and the air being clear and mild.

He reads practically every word of every issue, from the table of contents to the last.

Its red, tubular blooms practically glow when backlit by the sun.

The fourscore of guests at this cozy retreat practically form one harmonious and joyous family.

If it's dreadful too, then the decision is practically made for you.

Ten years ago, practically nothing was known about whale sharks, and nobody bothered them.

Halfway to the bottom, the desert opened, then practically vanished into stands of willow and cottonwood.

It's finally your turn, and as you reach for the taxi door a large man pushes in front of you, practically knocking you over.

You'll see elk, deer and cranes, and get so close to a herd of bison that you can practically smell their wooly fur.

It is aphid resistant, practically immune to disease, and its stems have few if any prickles.

They curve wildly, practically bouncing around in midair.

The two countries would still be nominally at war, but they might be practically at peace.

My cases were not so extreme, though at the time they all seemed to me to be practically felonious.

By being practically tied to the dollar, both import costs and export sales remain in balance.

Hike up in the hills and you practically stumble on tunnels abandoned during the gold fever search for big-ger and better.

They're persistent, practically begging, but he always says.

But the screenplay would remain unproduced, and practically unheard of, for years to come.

Practically every word spoken, every scene, every situation comes straight from the text.

As an entertainment form, cinema was practically made for them.

Whatever causes mad cow disease is practically indestructible.

For undergraduate, several of the best endowed will pay for practically all your tuition these days.

By now the new information technology-Internet and e-mail-have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

Events such as the one described in our article occur practically every day in the wild.

Curtiss made another flight, at the end of which he turned practically a complete circle.

The fields and streams are always refreshing,inexpensive and practically in your backyard no matter where you live.

And drizzle honey over creamy ricotta cheese for a practically instant dessert.

Whales evolved in an environment where visibility is limited but sound practically unimpeded.

The bad news is that the seating is so badly designed as to be practically claustrophobic.

In the end, it was a much better manager of our files, both practically and didactically.

Any true environmentalist would support nuclear power as a safe, clean, and practically limitless form of energy.

And before the installation of these new, taller turbines bat kills had been practically nonexistent.

However, root sprouts and young trees are practically non-existent.

She wiggles her head so much it practically becomes a blur.

To them the past is practically a sealed book, and they leave the future to take care of itself.

With an election year looming, our politicians have now practically abandoned governing.

It also encouraged philosophers to think more practically about moral issues in the public arena.

That's the whole point of a secret military base-to remain unknown and practically invisible.

He always made it with water that was practically boiling.

Jarrell learned the way practically every other fiddler and banjo player did-by ear, at the knee of older musicians.

Practically all citrus plants sold have been budded or grafted on an understock.

McKiernan knew practically nothing about retailing, but suddenly he had a thriving e-commerce company on his hands.

They practically never have opportunities to do research.

Although practically nothing happened, the experience was breathlessly thrilling.

Lightweight and great for indoor and outdoor use, they are practically the only shoes you need to bring on your travels.

If you want to talk about history here, it was practically blasphemous for a woman to even think until the past hundred years or.

Practically every word is spoken, every scene, every situation comes straight from the text.

The vehicle is driven by a jet thruster, and there are practically no moving parts.

But since this all came from physics it is practically invisible.

The bottom, realistically, is good news for practically everyone.

When one of these tree frogs sits still on a green leaf, legs tucked in and eyes shut, it is practically invisible.

Some people are practically glued to their cell phones all day, every day.

The poor thing was so dried out it was practically weightless.

But practically everything about the deal makes it seem improbable.

It's great because you don't have to take up all that time to go to the resort, and it's practically free.

Few politicians dare to vote against such laws, because if they do, the attack ads practically write themselves.

By the time the disturbances come within range, the tsunami is practically ashore.

Actual decoding and/or decrypting of the secret data might be practically impossible.

It's practically miraculous how pressing can quickly transform nasty fruit into delicious oil.

The problem with seeing a single sheet of graphene is that it's practically invisible.

Geez, darylorris, you practically wrote a whole article yourself.

All farmland was occupied, and practically everyone was hungry.

The body is practically boiling itself to death-anything to halt the attack-but to no avail.

As a result, remains of dinosaurs from such former surroundings are practically nonexistent.

If the spire is noticeable by day, then it's practically unavoidable at night.

It may or may not be practically beneficial to one's immediate interests, but it's the right thing to.

It's also the case that the air transport industry has been practically comotose in regards to innovation of service delivery.

And yet-strangest of all-she lived practically yesterday.

The majority of space/time consists of practically empty voids.

Forty years later, researchers practically wrote off isolating single-layer graphene.

Sometimes, he'll push my kid so far out of the way that he's practically smacked against a concrete wall.

NetBase has built a library of semantic lenses that can be applied to practically any topic.

He then strode right into the traffic-filled street and practically dragged a taxi back with him.

In fact, the researchers found that superplastic ceramics can be reformed practically without any force at all.

He tallies up such an thorough inventory of the rebel arsenal that he's practically auditing their quartermasters.

Here, it shows up as practically tea-total by northern hemisphere standards.

For the boat operators these animals are practically spouting cash.

But of course this is practically impossible with current.

However these are practically level with each other thanks to the padded design.

The vote-scaring slogans practically write themselves.

The presence of the city is so strong, it is practically a character in itself.

Practically speaking, the military's got little choice.

He has had enough oil money to change this country and he has accomplished practically nothing.

Anyone, arguably, could be a contender with practically unlimited financial backing.

Even so, practically every political party in the region promises to maintain the status quo of high taxes and high welfare.

The likelihood that you will ever see this car in a showroom is practically zero.

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World English Dictionary

practically (ˈpræktɪkəlɪ, -klɪ)

—*adv*
1.	virtually; almost: it has rained practically every day
2.	in actuality rather than in theory: what can we do practically to help?

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