Virtually
WordNet
adverb
(1) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished
"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"
(2) In essence or effect but not in fact
"The strike virtually paralyzed the city"
"I'm virtually broke"
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- practically; almost but not quite
- Without exaggeration; literally
- In essence, but not in fact
- Of a substructure of finite index.
- virtually indicable
- Of a covering space of finite index.
- virtually Haken