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Adverb: practically  prak-ti-k(u-)lee
  1. Almost; nearly
    "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train"; "he was practically the only guest at the party"; "there was practically no garden at all"
     
  2. In a practical manner
    "practically orientated institutions such as business schools"; "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"
     
  3. (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
    "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god";
    - much