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Dictionary: vir·tu·al·ly   (vûr'chū-ə-lē) pronunciation
adv.
  1. In fact or to all purposes; practically: The city was virtually paralyzed by the transit strike.
  2. Almost but not quite; nearly: "Virtually everyone gets a headache now and then" (People).

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The adverb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration
  Synonym: literally

Meaning #2: in essence or effect but not in fact
  Derived from adjective: virtual (meaning #2)

Meaning #3: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'
  Synonyms: about, just about, almost, most, all but, nearly, near, nigh, well-nigh


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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - praktisk talt, faktisk, i realiteten, så godt som

Nederlands (Dutch)
bijna, eigenlijk, praktisch

Français (French)
adv. - pratiquement, presque, quasiment

Deutsch (German)
adv. - praktisch, so gut wie

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ουσιαστικά, στην πραγματικότητα, κατ' ουσίαν, σχεδόν (ολότελα)

Italiano (Italian)
virtualmente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - virtualmente

Русский (Russian)
фактически

Español (Spanish)
adv. - prácticamente, casi, virtualmente

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - faktiskt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
事实上, 实质上

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 事實上, 實質上

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 사실상 , 실질적으로는

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 事実上, 実質的には, ほとんど

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) فعليا, بالفعل, واقعيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮למעשה, מכל בחינה מעשית, בעצם, כמעט‬


 
 
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