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Virtually

adverb

In essence or effect but not in fact. "I'm virtually broke"

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but. Synonyms: about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, well-nigh. "The baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded" , "We're almost finished" , "The car all but ran her down" , "He nearly fainted" , "Talked for nigh onto 2 hours" , "The recording is well-nigh perfect" , "Virtually all the parties signed the contract" , "I was near exhausted by the run" , "Most everyone agrees"

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"Virtually" Quotes from Famous Books

... alleged heavenly ancestors, or "heaven." In the interest of politics and conquest, and for the sake of maintaining the prestige of their tribe and clan, these "Mikado-reverencers" of early ages advanced from dogma to dogma, until their leader was virtually chief god in ...

— The Religions of Japan - From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji • William Elliot Griffis

... now organized with the given determination of either killing or running out of the country for good these thieves, who had caused them so much loss. And during the war many of them cashed in and the others for the most part left for pastures new, having been virtually whipped out of the country. It was a desperate and bloody war ...

— The Life and Adventures of Nat Love - Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" • Nat Love

... at St. Mary's met in a spirit of moderation, but seldom the characteristic of a dominant party. The province was at peace with the aboriginal tribes within its limits. The unhappy contest with Colonel William Clayborne had been virtually terminated; the rebellions of Captain Richard Ingle and other Protestant enemies effectively suppressed; the reins of government recovered, and the principles ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 • Various

... that her painful struggles for position had been pretty nearly fruitless. She did now and then get an invitation to a crush in a desirable house, some over- sensitive woman who had been to stare at one of Mrs. Sampson's captures thus discharging her debt, and at the same time virtually wiping her hands of all intercourse with the dashing widow. As for asking her to their tables or going to hers, everybody understood that that was not to ...

— The Philistines • Arlo Bates

... Administration measures through Congress, quite as any Prime Minister might have done. He had not done it without exposing himself to severe criticism. Ex-Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, for example, declared that he had "virtually obliterated Congress." But he had got most of what he wanted, and by the end of his first year in office Mr. Bryan was no longer the most powerful ...

— Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements • Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan

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