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