PRACTICALLY


Meaning of PRACTICALLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ præktɪkəli ]

1.

Practically means almost, but not completely or exactly.

He’d known the old man practically all his life...

I know people who find it practically impossible to give up smoking.

= almost

ADV : ADV with group / cl

2.

You use practically to describe something which involves real actions or events rather than ideas or theories.

The course is more practically based than the Masters degree...

≠ theoretically

ADV : ADV adj / -ed

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