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practically

English

Etymology

practical +? -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?ækt?kli/
  • Hyphenation: prac?ti?cal?ly

Adverb

practically (comparative more practically, superlative most practically)

  1. In practice; in effect. Not necessarily officially the case but what actually occurs.
  2. Almost completely; almost entirely
  3. With respect to practices or a practice.

Usage notes

  • Practical-minded is nearly four times as common as practically minded in books.

Synonyms

  • all but

Antonyms

  • impractically

Translations

practically From the web:

  • what practically deformed
  • what practically mean
  • what's practically speaking
  • practically what does it mean
  • what does practically significant mean
  • what does practically speaking mean
  • what does practically intelligent mean
  • what does practically

mostly

English

Alternative forms

  • mostlie (obsolete)
  • moastly (obsolete)

Etymology

most +? -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??stli/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?mo?stli/

Adverb

mostly (not comparable)

  1. Mainly or chiefly; for the most part; usually, generally, on the whole.
  2. (obsolete) To the greatest extent; most.
    • 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, [1]:
      She was to be their chosen visitor, she was to be for weeks under the same roof with the person whose society she mostly prized [...]!

Synonyms

  • (mainly or chiefly): by and large, in the main, more often than not, largely, predominantly, principally; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Translations

mostly From the web:

  • what mostly makes up chromosomes
  • what mostly causes cancer
  • what mostly transmits light
  • what mostly causes global warming
  • what mostly composes the air in beijing
  • what mostly absorbs light
  • what mostly causes depression
  • what mostly caused the civil war
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