Hypertext Webster Gateway: "practically"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Practically \Prac"ti*cal*ly\, adv.
1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look
at things practically; practically worthless.
2. By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment;
as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted
with a subject.
3. In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe;
theoretically wrong, but practically right.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
practically
adv 1: almost; "he was practically the only guest at the party"
2: (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical
purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened
every time" [syn: {much}]
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