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[ UK /vˈɜːt‍ʃuːə‍li/ ]
[ US /ˈvɝtʃuəɫi, ˈvɝtʃuɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in essence or effect but not in fact
    the strike virtually paralyzed the city
    I'm virtually broke
  2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
    the job is (just) about done
    I was near exhausted by the run
    virtually all the parties signed the contract
    most everyone agrees
    we're almost finished
    the car all but ran her down
    talked for nigh onto 2 hours
    the recording is well-nigh perfect
    he nearly fainted
    the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded

How To Use virtually In A Sentence

  • Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
  • In the course of what I have to say, the distinction between morality as convenience and morality as ideal will virtually collapse, along with a good deal else.
  • For a few odd and unsettling moments, the song hovers on its own, left virtually untouched except for the subtle fuzz of static in the background.
  • Her own valuers had estimated that the property was worth £150,000 on the basis of agricultural use of the surrounding land, and virtually nothing on the basis of mining and/or landfill operations.
  • To let his brain swell and keep the blood flowing, thereby preventing the damage from worsening, doctors removed virtually the entire left side of his skull, a procedure known as a craniectomy. Traumatic brain injury leaves an often-invisible, life-altering wound
  • They show the star sometimes rambling and at other times virtually incoherent. The Sun
  • Labor economics has become virtually a branch of applied econometrics, with the usual large data sets and headless horsemen running around looking for patterns.
  • The flow of assistance to Vietnam's fragile economy from its ideological allies has virtually halted.
  • Virtually any UNIX or Linux system will compile SISAL code in single processor mode.
  • On a tree that is virtually bare, one can often see a solitary leaf still fluttering on a top twig. Times, Sunday Times
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