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Definition: Practically |
PracticallyAdverb1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "practically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonym: PracticallySynonym: much (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intrinsicality | Adverb: intrinsically; Adjective: at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond; fairly. |
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Screenplays | I'm practically on the wagon, that's quite a change (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht) It's practically a food group (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin) Insanity runs in my family It practically gallops (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa) Oh daddy, your dancing went out with pop-up fuels it is practically 20th century (The Jetsons; writing credit: Aarne Tarkas) He took practically everything except the peace (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Practically Yours (1944) | |
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 | Skin touch preparation showing Leishmania tropica amastigotes. Intact macrophage is practically filled with amastigotes, several of which have a clearly visible nucleus and kinetoplast (arrows). Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Soybeans are practically as much a part of American life as baseball. They're grown today in more than half the United States. These seeds, from the National Soybean Germplasm Collection housed at Urbana, Illinois, show a wide range of colors, sizes, and shapes. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Being practically the entire cast of "Uncle Vanya". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I'll be practically unemployed!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Entering Cow Hollow region in which practically all are FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers. These are farmers who had a late start. Malheur County, Oregon. General caption 66. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. R.B. Whitley walking down the main steet on Wendell, Wake County, North Carolina. He is president of the bank and practically runs the town. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Check row planting of cotton. A new process which has been long used in corn which practically eliminates need for hand labor at chopping season, just as a mechanical picker would eliminate the hand pickers at harvest. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, M. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Farmhouse on the heavily mortgaged farm of Theodore F. Frank. The family is practically destitute, near Anthon, Iowa. Frank formerly owned this farm, and built it up by himself until pressure of drought and depression necessitated mortgaging of land to a. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Scene at the Executive Offices of the White House during the fire which practically destroyed the bldg. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Scene in the private office of Pres. Hoover showing the effects of the fire which practically destroyed the Executive Offices. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. |
John Peter Altgeld | The laboring people found the prisons always open to receive them, but the courts of justice were practically closed to them. |
Oscar Wilde | Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune. |
Samuel Johnson | Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with. |
St. Robert Bellarmine | God has implanted a natural tendency to the monarchial form of government not only in the hearts of men but in practically all things. |
William James | The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working-class parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of clearly understanding the line of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Education of Negroes was almost nonexistent, and practically all of the race were illiterate. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Practically, they are giving their skilled labour for the benefit of the Hospital |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically. |
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Health | E. granulosus occurs practically worldwide, and more frequently in rural, grazing areas where dogs ingest organs from infected animals. (references) | |
This response is rarely seen in patients with ectopic ACTH syndrome and practically never in patients with cortisol-secreting adrenal tumors. (references) | ||
Business | There is practically no domestic Hungarian competition. (references) | |
It also plays a leading role in practically all contracts with foreign oil and gas companies. (references) | ||
Foreign investment laws are generally liberal, with practically no restriction on foreign investment. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Greece | The Government generally does not seek out such individuals for deportation; largely because until November Greece and Turkey did not have a readmission agreement, and the Government found it practically impossible to deport formally individuals who entered Greece from Turkey. (references) |
Belarus | The Lukashenka regime's monopoly on Internet service results in high prices, poor quality, and limited service and allows for the monitoring of practically all e-mail. (references) | |
Economic History | Denmark | On the other hand, the Danish Government imposes practically no restrictions on foreign investments which all receive national treatment. (references) |
Human Rights | Panama | Medical care is practically nonexistent; prisoners with AIDS told reporters that they are isolated in small cells, and that medical attention is provided once a year. (references) |
Minorities | Uruguay | Blacks are practically unrepresented in the bureaucratic and academic sectors. (references) |
Political Economy | Ireland | Fine Gael is the successor to the Pro-Free State Treaty party, which formed the first Irish government in 1923. Fine Gael has headed virtually all post-1932 non-Fianna Fail governments, including the three-party "Rainbow Coalition" that governed Ireland from 1994-97. Traditionally more economically conservative than Fianna Fail, Fine Gael assumed a more social democratic orientation under Garret FitzGerald, who was Prime Minister from 1981-1982 and from 1982-1987. Fine Gael holds similar economic policy views to Fianna Fail on practically all key issues. (references) |
Trade | Italy | With exception of a small group of largely agricul-tural items, practically all goods originating in the United States and most other free-world countries can be imported without import licenses and free of quantitative restric-tions. (references) |
Guinea | Financing is practically non-existent through local commercial banks. (references) | |
Italy | In practice, samples valued in excess of lira 5 million (or about 2,500 USD) are practically impossible to clear through Italian customs informally, i.e. by the traveler. (references) | |
Travel | Guatemala | Doctors and hospitals often expect immediate cash payment for health services, although practically all private hospitals accept major U.S. credit cards. (references) |
Philippines | An extensive road network links practically the whole of the archipelago. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Uganda | Even in areas in which cash crops are significant, unionization has remained practically nonexistent. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | Now, while I myself happen to loathe Hillary Clinton more than practically any other human on the planet, I'm always amazed at the resentment she elicits. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Practically there would soon be but one taxing power, and that vested in a body of men far removed from the people, in which the farming and mechanic interests would scarcely be represented. |
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| "Practically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.79% of the time. "Practically" is used about 1,409 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.79% | 1,406 | 5,715 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.21% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,409 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "practically": practically based. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "practically": practically-based, practically-embedded, practically-focused, practically-minded, practically-oriented. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
networked practically | 9 |
hip practically | 9 |
practically rented | 6 |
any budget need practically | 5 |
anything clean practically | 4 |
network practically | 3 |
picasso practically | 2 |
practically | 2 |
pikasso practically | 2 |
einstein practically | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "practically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pothuaj (all but, almost, but, half and half, most, much, near, nearly, pretty, quasi, scarcely, virtually, well nigh), në mënyrë praktike, në fakt (as a matter of fact, de facto, in effect), gati (about, all but, almost, at hand, but, in line, in store, much, nearly, picked, prepared, pretty, ready, scarcely, virtual, well nigh). (various references) | |
Arabic | عمليا (in practice, virtually), بطريقة عملية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фактически (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, factual, factually, in fact, morally, practical, really, substantial, virtual, virtually), всъщност (actually, in reality, indeed, properly speaking, really, substantially, virtually), на практика (morally, virtually), практично (sensibly), практически (practical), почти (about, almost, approximately, half, like, near, nearly, next to, nigh, on, say, something like, virtually, well nigh). (various references) | |
Chinese | 幾乎 (almost, nearly), 实际 (Actual, matter-of-fact). (various references) | |
Czech | prakticky (sensibly, virtually), ve skuteènosti (actually, as a matter of fact, effectively, in actual fact, in effect), skoro (about, all but, almost, hardly, nearly), málem. (various references) | |
Danish | ved overskud af mischmetal gaar naesten den totale svovlmaengde over til sulfider af de sjaeldne jordarter, der er hoejtsmeltende sulfider (an excess of mischmetal will convert practically all the sulphur into rare-earth sulphides, which occur ad refractory sulphides), varer, i hvilke bestanddelene er fastgjort til hinanden som en praktisk taget uadskillelig enhed (composite goods in which the components are attached to each other to form a practically inseparable whole), shuntregulator-kredsloebet holder hoejspaendingen praktisk taget konstant (the high-voltage shunt regulator circuit maintains a practically constant kilovoltage), nutildags er minearbejdere, der skubber vogne, praktisk talt ukendte i kulminerne (present-day collieries employ practically no trammers ( putters )), naar der er tale om formindskelse af stabilitetsomraadet af delta-ferrit, har det austenitdannende element praktisk taget samme effekt som nikkel (the gamma-forming element has practically the same effect as nickel of reducing the field in which delta ferrite is stable), med undtagelse af faststaaende sold anvendes hovedsageligt vibrationssigte (are of the vibrating type, practically all screens, with the exception of the grizzly), bratkoeling, udgloedning eller varme- og kolddeformation formindsker praktisk taget ikke sejgringerne (annealing, or hot or cold deformation have practically no effect on segregations, quenching), anisotopien er i sunde stoebninger saavel som i blokke praktisk taget lig nul;den stiger med deformationsgraden (and increases with the degree of working, this mechanical anisotropy is practically nil in sound castings and in ingots). (various references) | |
Dutch | werken vervaardigd door samenvoeging waarvan de samenstellende delen tot een praktisch onscheidbaar geheel zijn samengevoegd (composite goods in which the components are attached to each other to form a practically inseparable whole), wat betreft de verkleinino van het gebied waarbinnen delta ferriet stanbiel is, heeft het gamma-vormende element praktisch hetzelfde effect als nikkel (the gamma-forming element has practically the same effect as nickel of reducing the field in which delta ferrite is stable), in gezonde gietstukken en in gietblokken is de anisotropie praktisch nul;deze neemt toe met het vergroten van de vervormingsgraad (and increases with the degree of working, this mechanical anisotropy is practically nil in sound castings and in ingots), het beroep van sleper komt in de mijnen niet meer voor (present-day collieries employ practically no trammers ( putters )), harden,zacht gloeien en warm of koud vervormen hebben praktisch geen invloed op de uitscheiding (annealing, or hot or cold deformation have practically no effect on segregations, quenching), de parallel-stabilisatieschakeling houdt de hoogspanning praktisch constant (the high-voltage shunt regulator circuit maintains a practically constant kilovoltage), behalve het zeefrooster, gebruikt men meestal trilzeven (are of the vibrating type, practically all screens, with the exception of the grizzly). (various references) | |
Finnish | käytännöllisesti katsoen. (various references) | |
French | presque, pratiquement, d'une manière pratique. (various references) | |
German | praktisch (applicatory, convenient, expedient, functional, hands-on, handy, in effect, in practice, practical, serviceable, useful, virtually). (various references) | |
Greek | σχεδόν (all but, almost, as good as, close on, just about, near, nearly, nigh, thereabout, thereabouts, virtually, well nigh). (various references) | |
Hebrew | למעש" (actually, de facto, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in practice, virtually), על פי " סיון (rule of thumb). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyakorlatilag (in effect, in practice, virtually). (various references) | |
Italian | praticamente (basically). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 実際に (currently, in practice, presently, virtually). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | じっさいに (currently, in practice, presently, virtually). (various references) | |
Korean | 실 으로 (Actually). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acticallypray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | praticamente (virtually), virtualmente (virtually). (various references) | |
Romanian | practic (actually, applied, business-like, canny, commodious, experienced, hard-headed, matter of fact, practical, pragmatic, purposeful, serviceable, sound, useful, virtually, worldly), de fapt (actually, as a matter of fact, as it is, for that matter, in effect, in point of fact, in reality, morally, to all intents and purposes, virtual). (various references) | |
Russian | фактически (actually, as a matter of fact, as good as, de facto, factually, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, practically speaking, virtually), практически (in the concrete), почти (about, all but, almost, close on, much, nearly, quasi, well nigh, well-nigh). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | praktično (virtually), upotrebljivo, skoro (about, almost, just, just about, nearly, newly, recently, soon, well nigh), izvodljivo. (various references) | |
Spanish | prácticamente (virtually). (various references) | |
Swedish | praktiskt taget (as good as). (various references) | |
Turkish | pratikte, pratik olarak, uygulamada, neredeyse (all but, almost, ere long, in any moment, just about, little less than, nearly, next door to, next to, pretty much, soon, well nigh, within an ace of doing), hemen hemen (about, all but, almost, at close quarters, barely, much, near, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, pretty much, proximate, scarcely, well nigh), gerçekte (actually, in effect, in fact, in point of fact, in practice, in reality, in sober fact, in sooth, in sooth to say, in very deed, substantially, verily, virtually). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фактично (actually, as good as, in effect, in fact, in practice, in reality, virtually), майже (about, all but, almost, anear, approximately, as good as, but, half, hard upon, just about, much, near, nearby, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, nighly, quasi, quite, well nigh, within), практично, по сути. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thiết thực trên thực tế, thực tiễn (practical), thực tế ra hầu như. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "practically": impractically. (additional references) | |
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"Practically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eractically, partically, particlely, practially, practicall, practicallty, practicals, pratically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "practically" (pronounced pra"ktuklē or pra"ktukulē) |
| 5 | -t u k l ē | athletically. |
| 4 | -u k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, chemically, medically, paradoxically, typically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, categorically, characteristically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, darkly, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, frankly, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, grotesquely, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, likely, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, meekly, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, newsweekly, numerically, obliquely, optically, organically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, prickly, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, quickly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, specifically, sporadically, starkly, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, thickly, tragically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, uniquely, unlikely, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically, weakly, weekly. |
| 6 | -t u k u l ē | frantically. |
| 5 | -u k u l ē | botanically, unequivocally. |
| 4 | -k u l ē | broccoli, chronically, clinically, comically, critically, cynically, diametrically, journalistically, electrically, electronically, empirically, ethically, fanatically, fiscally, geographically, hermetically, historically, intrinsically, locally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, mathematically, methodically, metrically, mineralogically, optimistically, parenthetically, pathetically, periodically, philosophically, physically, politically, pragmatically, ritualistically, romantically, sardonically, scientifically, skeptically, statistically, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, technically, technologically, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, uncritically, vocally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clumsily, coincidentally, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, culturally, customarily, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, digitally, dismally, jauntily, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, emotionally, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, loyally, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, mightily, militarily, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, partially, peacefully, perennially, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, pitifully, playfully, potentially, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, royally, ruefully, satisfactorily, scantily, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, tactfully, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uneasily, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-l-p-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: arctically. | |
-2 letters: capillary, capitally, paralytic, partially, practical. | |
-3 letters: alacrity, apically, apractic, atypical, calyptra, capacity, caryatic, paltrily, racially, rapacity. | |
-4 letters: acrylic, airplay, caltrap, capital, catcall, clarity, cryptal, cryptic, lactary, lyrical, partial, playact, practic, typical. | |
-5 letters: alcaic, apiary, apical, arctic, artily, atrial, atypic, calcar, calpac, capita, capric, carpal, cicala, citral, lacily, lactic, laical, lariat, latria, pallia, paltry. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-l-l-p-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: impractically. | |
+3 letters: paratactically. | |
+4 letters: cryptanalytical, plutocratically, psychiatrically. | |
+5 letters: cartographically, cataphoretically, catastrophically, crystallographic, intrapsychically, pharmaceutically, prophylactically. | |
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