practically
English
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[edit]practically (comparative more practically, superlative most practically)
- In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally.
- Synonyms: de facto, effectively, as much as
- Coordinate term: de jure
- Stalin was not technically or legally the head of state but was practically so.
- 1893, C. E. Akers, “The Argentine Position”, in Argentine, Patagonian, and Chilian Sketches, with a Few Notes on Uruguay.[1], London: Harrison and Sons, page 12:
- 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.
- Almost completely; almost entirely.
- Near-synonyms: effectively, nearly, virtually
- He was practically uneducated, barely able to read and write a simple sentence.
- 1898, E[merson] Hough, “The Round-Up”, in The Story of the Cowboy[2], New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 153:
- If the ranchero had practically all the water near him, he had also practically all the cattle, […]
- 1969, Robert Farrar Capon, “Living Water”, in The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection:
- The turnip is one of the lordliest vegetables in the world; its broth is practically a soup in itself.
- 2023 June 6, Raymond Zhong, “Arctic Summer Could Be Practically Sea-Ice-Free by the 2030s”, in The New York Times[3], archived from the original on 6 July 2023:
- 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.
- With respect to practices or a practice.
- 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.
- In a way that is practical: feasibly; unchallengingly.
- Synonym: practicably
- Coordinate term: easily
- practically achievable
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[edit]In practice, in effect
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almost completely
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