"practically" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈpɹæktɪk(ə)li/ Audio: en-us-practically.ogg [US] Forms: more practically [comparative], most practically [superlative]
Etymology: practical + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|practical|ly}} practical + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} practically (comparative more practically, superlative most practically)
  1. In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally. Synonyms: de facto, effectively Translations (In practice, in effect): փաստորեն (pʿastoren) (Armenian), практически (praktičeski) (Bulgarian), pràcticament (Catalan), 事實上 (Chinese Mandarin), 事实上 (shìshí shàng) (Chinese Mandarin), käytännössä (Finnish), käytännöllisesti katsoen (Finnish), käytännöllisesti katsottuna (Finnish), pratiquement (French), praktisch (German), gyakorlatilag (Hungarian), praktycznie (Polish), практи́чески (praktíčeski) (Russian), prácticamente (Spanish), практи́чно (praktýčno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-practically-en-adv-P5EiU6Ei Disambiguation of 'In practice, in effect': 79 1 15 5
  2. Almost completely; almost entirely. Translations (almost completely): համարյա (hamarya) (Armenian), фактически (faktičeski) (Bulgarian), почти (počti) (Bulgarian), pràcticament (Catalan), gairebé (Catalan), lähes (Finnish), käytännöllisesti katsoen (Finnish), quasiment (French), pratiquement (French), praktisk talt (Norwegian Bokmål), praktisk talt (Norwegian Nynorsk), niemal (Polish), prawie (Polish), bez mała (Polish), prácticamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-practically-en-adv-D0PnSqvb Disambiguation of 'almost completely': 7 87 3 2
  3. With respect to practices or a practice.
    Sense id: en-practically-en-adv-0TjVEaxa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hedges, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 10 44 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 9 67 14 Disambiguation of English hedges: 35 9 46 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 17 9 57 17
  4. In a way that is practical: feasibly; unchallengingly. Synonyms: practicably
    Sense id: en-practically-en-adv-SxPp4sO3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: all but

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "lähes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "käytännöllisesti katsoen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "quasiment"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "pratiquement"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "praktisk talt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "praktisk talt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "niemal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "prawie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "bez mała"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "almost completely",
      "word": "prácticamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "practically"
}

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