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Meanings of practically in English

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praticamente

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

        praticamente
        Usage of practically in English
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        Similarly, practically all developed countries have national ID cards-exceptfor English-speakingcountries.
        Wired
        2
        And those jerks grazing their stock on government property practically for free.
        The flock
        3
        The general results were practically identical in the two sets of experiments.
        More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
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        They would show willing; they were prepared to pursue the practically impossible.
        The Guardian
        5
        His article betrays the real answer: Catholic Christianity would have practically disappeared.
        The Irish Times
        6
        By midafternoon I'd practically given up any hope of finding the Chairman.
        Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
        7
        For the same reason it contains practically all social relations in miniature.
        Sociology and Modern Social Problems
        8
        I just know it this time, Ginger said, practically glowing with happiness.
        Make your move
        9
        In fact, your words were practically the last I spoke to him.
        Rasputin's daughter
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        But doing it unassisted without the sense of sight seems practically impossible.
        Reuters
        11
        His not-so-distant political revolution, seen through her eyes, practically disappears from view.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Public transport is practically non-existent in regional cities, leading to traffic chaos.
        The Irish Times
        13
        The system is closed: practically speaking, nothing can be added or subtracted.
        A short history of nearly everything
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        In contrast, NMD values practically overlapped in the HIV patients and controls.
        Pubmed
        15
        She felt weightless, practically soaring out of the water with his help.
        Torment
        16
        The propeller gathered in the net and it rendered her practically unmanageable.
        History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
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        praticamente
        Practically through the time
        Practically across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        South Africa
        Common
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