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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIR'TUALLY, adv. In efficacy or effect only; by means of some virtue or influence, or the instrumentality of something else. Thus the sun is virtually on earth by its light and heat. The citizens of an elective government are virtually present in the legislature by their representatives. A man may virtually agree to a proposition by silence or withholding objections.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in essence or effect but not in fact; "the strike virtually paralyzed the city"; "I'm virtually broke"
2: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "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" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 15th century 1. almost entirely ; nearly 2. for all practical purposes <virtually unknown>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Virtually Vir"tu*al*ly, adv. In a virtual manner; in efficacy or effect only, and not actually; to all intents and purposes; practically.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. You can use virtually to indicate that something is so nearly true that for most purposes it can be regarded as true. Virtually all cooking was done over coal-fired ranges... It would have been virtually impossible to research all the information. = almost ADV: ADV with group

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. In effect, potentially, substantially, practically, to all intents and purposes.

Moby Thesaurus

absolutely, actually, all in all, almost, almost entirely, approximately, as good as, basically, by and large, chiefly, effectively, effectually, essentially, fundamentally, in effect, in essence, in substance, in the main, latently, mainly, morally, more or less, mostly, nearly, on balance, on the whole, potentially, practically, substantially, underlyingly