practically — Dictionnaire anglais

Adverbe

1. In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally.

   Synonymes

   de factoeffectivelyas much as

   Exemples

   Stalin was not technically or legally the head of state but was practically so.

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   It is true that the Articles of the [Argentine] Constitution promise fair conditions under which to live; but, unfortunately, the self-same Constitution, in the hands of unscrupulous administrators, becomes so elastic as to be practically a dead letter.

2. Almost completely; almost entirely.

   Synonymes

   effectivelynearlyvirtually

   Exemples

   Near-synonyms: effectively, nearly, virtually

   He was practically uneducated, barely able to read and write a simple sentence.

   Plus d’exemples (3)

   If the ranchero had practically all the water near him, he had also practically all the cattle, […]

   The turnip is one of the lordliest vegetables in the world; its broth is practically a soup in itself.

   The first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic’s floating sea ice could occur as early as the 2030s, according to a new scientific study — about a decade sooner than researchers previously predicted.

3. With respect to practices or a practice.

   Exemples

   He wasn't very good with words or numbers; he was more of a practically minded person

   He was practically educated and lacked theoretical depth.

4. In a way that is practical: feasibly; unchallengingly.

   Synonymes

   practicably

   Exemples

   practically achievable

Adverbe

1. almost; nearly

   Exemples

   practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train

   he was practically the only guest at the party

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   there was practically no garden at all

2. in a practical manner

   Exemples

   practically orientated institutions such as business schools

   a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely

3. (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely

   Synonymes

   much

   Exemples

   much the same thing happened every time

   practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god