virtually

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adverb in essence or effect but not in fact
adverb (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From Middle English vertually; equivalent to virtual + -ly.

The battle was now virtually over. — St. George for England, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
It is therefore, virtually, a creative power. — On War, Carl von Clausewitz
General Sherman's plan virtually effected this object. — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

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