Word Finder - practically

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In practice; in effect. Not necessarily officially the case but what actually occurs.

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Almost completely; almost entirely

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He was practically uneducated, barely able to read and write a simple sentence.

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With respect to practices or a practice.

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He was practically educated and lacked theoretical depth.

Jeez, you know, it's still practically dark out.

They practically play baseball all year!

You own a fancy place and drive a practically new jeep.

Yup. The fish are practically jumping in the boat.

It's practically still dark out there, Dean answered.

Quite young, I grieve to say; and all of my brothers and sisters that you see here are practically my own age.

I confess, that practically speaking, when I have learned a man's real disposition, I have no hopes of changing it for the better or worse in this state of existence.

She'll give up her husband who she practically calls stupid and this other Abbott person just so she can live.

That, and Maria's presence, practically gave the Deans a holiday of their own.

He practically accused you of causing the accident!

She's so vulnerable and practically incapable of doing anything on her own about her problems.

Half the cars down there have USA license plates, and the models are so new they practically still have the family pet in the back seat.

We've practically got him!

Molly asked, practically holding her breath.

Instead I listened to his harangue about the difficulty they encountered with the session I'd practically demanded, the break-ins in Boston.

Then she added, "Julie practically begged me to bring Molly out there and help the both of them to get back home, whatever it takes to do so."

We've practically got a full house of ice climbers starting in a couple of days, Dean answered.

She nearly collided with Donald Ryland as she practically skipped from the room.

It seems to me, that Edith had a very rapid mood change from flaunting her nakedness in front of Claire to...killing herself, practically minutes later.

He practically raped her the night he first stayed in Bird Song.

Martha's aunt, Howie's mother, called and practically begged her to let him fly out for a couple of days.

She was unable to pin him down on the cases of ours she'd documented earlier but he practically admitted he was personally responsible for all them and more.

This aunt I never met... or maybe I did but don't know it... she thinks I'm like practically a priest and she wants me to do all this stuff at the memorial service, for our side of the family!

You were practically the last person to see him before he fell.

As she practically danced out of the room, and up the stairs, she shouted, "Later, Stud."

Katie practically spit the word out.

As many as 162 segments in eight groups are practically used.

But the complexity of the idea of number is practically illustrated by the fact that it is best studied as a department of a science wider than itself.

There are few trees on the island, for most of the valuable indigenous trees have been practically exterminated, such as the sandalwood, which the earlier navigators found one of the most valuable products of the island.

It was thus practically a committee of the larger council, and assisted the king in his judicial work, its authority being as undefined as his own.

When a water jet serves as collector, the pressure under which it issues should be practically constant.

In an ordinary climate a building seems to be practically at the earth's potential; near its walls the equipotential surfaces are highly inclined, and near the ridges they may lie very close together.

Simspon concluded that for a given wind velocity dissipation is practically a linear function of ionization.

The resources of Matto Grosso are practically undeveloped, owing to the isolated situation of the state, the costs of transportation and the small population.

It is practically impossible to work with the sensitive film in contact with the reseau-film, not only because dust particles and contact would injure the silver film, but also because the plate-glass used for the photographic plates is seldom a perfect plane.

Despite their poverty begging is practically unknown.

It seems possible that the road at first led to Tusculum, that it was then prolonged to Labici, and later still became a road for through traffic; it may even have superseded the Via Latina as a route to the S.E., for, while the distance from Rome to their main junction at Ad Bivium (or to another junction at Compitum Anagninum) is practically identical, the summit level of the former is 725 ft.

Practically it came to be the theological dicta of the church, explained according to the philosophy of Aristotle and his Arabian commentators.

From time to time the emperors of Trebizond paid tribute to the Seljuk sultans of Iconium, to the grand khans of the Mongols, to Timur the Tatar, to the Turkoman chieftains, and to the Ottomans; but by means of skilful negotiations they were enabled practically to secure their independence.

Below the Shatt-el-Hai the country on both sides of the river is practically a swamp, except where the palm groves have formed land.

Burton was the scene of several engagements in the Civil War, when its large trade in clothing and alabaster was practically ruined.

Bernhardt Schmidt, better known in England as Father Smith, was invited about 1660 to build the organ for the Chapel Royal, Whitehall; two years later he built the organ in Durham Cathedral a' 474.1, difference a whole tone, and practically agreeing with the Cammerton of Praetorius.

Practically all the company's servants were traders in their private capacity, and as they claimed various privileges and exemptions this system was detrimental to the interests of the native princes and gave rise to an enormous amount of corruption.

The mountains of Albania are said to be rich in minerals, but this source of wealth remains practically unexplored.

In the vilayet of Scutari they form about 55% of the population; central Albania is almost entirely Moslem; in southern Albania, however, there is a considerable Christian population, whose limits practically coincide with those of the Greek-speaking districts.

The occupants of Edom during practically the whole period of Biblical history were the Bedouin tribes which claimed 1 A curious etymological speculation connects the name with the story of Esau's begging for Jacob's pottage, Gen.

The theological interest which attaches to the idea of the preAaronic king-priest in these typical applications is practically independent of the historical questions suggested by the narrative of Gen.

After the defeat of the king of Vijayanagar at Talikot (1565), Dharwar was for a few years practically independent under its Hindu governor; but in 1573 the fort was captured by the sultan of Bijapur, and Dharwar was annexed to his dominions.

If the flue pipe be carried up a considerable distance inside the apartment to be warmed before being turned into the external air, practically the whole of the heat generated will be utilized.

Lydgate's most doughty and learned apologist is Dr Schick, whose preface to the Temple of Glass embodies practically all that is known or conjectured concerning this author, including the chronological order of his works.