• Virtually

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈvÉš.tʃwÉ™.li/

    Origin

    virtual + -ly

    Full definition of virtually

    Adverb

    virtually

    1. Almost but not quite.
      • 2011, September 21, Sam Lyon, Man City 2-0 Birmingham, By surviving the first six minutes Hargreaves matched the total amount of playing time he had managed previously in virtually three years - and by scoring his first goal since April 2008 he set the hosts on their way to a fifth win of the season in all competitions.
      • 2013-07-06, The rise of smart beta, Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
    2. Without exaggeration.
    3. In essence, but not in fact.
    4. (algebra) Of a substructure of finite index.
      virtually indictable
    5. (topology) Of a covering space of finite index.
      virtually Haken
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