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Virtually

//ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Almost but not quite.

    "With our Medicare supplemental insurance plan, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. (Advertisement)"

  2. 2
    In essence or functionally, but not in fact, formally, or technically.

    "virtually a member of the family"

  3. 3
    Of a subgroup of finite index.

    "In this case W has a diagram with 2 vertices and one edge labelled ∞, and is therefore the infinite dihedral group. Thus W is virtually ℤ."

  4. 4
    Of a covering space of finite degree.

    "Another class of small manifolds consists of those that are not virtually Haken (a manifold is virtually Haken if it is finitely covered by a Haken manifold)."

  5. 5
    By computer or in cyberspace.
Adverb
  1. 1
    (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but wordnet
  2. 2
    in essence or effect but not in fact wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English vertually; equivalent to virtual + -ly.

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