Practically and Basically

adverb

• Almost; nearly.
  • usage: "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.
  • usage: "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)
  • usage: "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"
  • synonyms: much

• (adv.) By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject.
• (adv.) In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.
• (adv.) In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe; theoretically wrong, but practically right.
• (adv.) Almost.

adverb

• In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
  • usage: "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"
  • synonyms: fundamentally, essentially