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virtually

English

Etymology

virtual +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?v?t??u??i]

Adverb

virtually (comparative more virtually, superlative most virtually)

  1. Almost but not quite.
    Synonym: as good as
  2. Without exaggeration.
  3. In essence, but not in fact.
  4. (algebra) Of a substructure of finite index.
  5. (topology) Of a covering space of finite index.

Translations

virtually From the web:

  • what virtually means
  • what virtually destroyed the knights of labor
  • what's virtually impossible
  • virtually what does it mean
  • what does virtually impossible mean
  • what do virtually mean
  • what does virtually
  • what does virtually staged mean


probably

English

Alternative forms

  • probablely (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English probably, probabily, equivalent to probable +? -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??b?bli/, (colloquial) /?p??bli/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p??b?bli/, (colloquial) /?p??bli/

Adverb

probably (comparative more probably, superlative most probably)

  1. In all likelihood.

Synonyms

  • (in all likelihood): likely, perhaps, maybe, possibly, presumably, most likely, doubtless, in all probability, perchance, as likely as not, as like as not

Translations

probably From the web:

  • what probably means
  • what probably caused the patterns in this rock
  • what probably happens when you die
  • what probably happened to natalee holloway
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