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US
/ˈpɹæktɪkəɫi, ˈpɹæktɪkɫi/
]
[ UK /pɹˈæktɪkli/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈæktɪkli/ ]
ADVERB
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(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
much the same thing happened every time
practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god -
almost; nearly
there was practically no garden at all
he was practically the only guest at the party
practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train -
in a practical manner
a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely
practically orientated institutions such as business schools
How To Use practically In A Sentence
- Perhaps it comes straight out of that party line dictionary that was written in a smoke-filled room in Sevastapol Street by the same faceless Provo apparatchik who a few years back advocated the practically endless use of the term 'securocrat'. Archive 2009-01-01
- We also believe that practically any country that degrades women or any country that cuts them off from the vital life of the country is making a very big mistake.
- Buchannan, at least, I think he can't displace; the man was practically an asymptote. "Edge Of Darkness" (2010)
- Practically speaking, all the stops that require dragging the wheels will put a bigger dent in your wallet since wheels cost a bundle.
- I was practically screaming with frustration.
- At those times what I will call "centrism" -- the identification of the practically stable themes in constitutional law -- presents itself as a non-political position. Balkinization
- Practically all moralizing is absent from Romantic drama.
- Practically any archaeological in exceptional circumstances. inorganic materials survive far ones.
- The men were very quick about getting down, and after the first night they were practically working in safety for the remaining four or five days necessary to complete the sandbag revetting. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
- Colleges were also practically empty, although the students started going back today.
