virtually
/ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In essence or functionally, but not in fact, formally, or technically.
adv
Of a covering space of finite degree.
adv
By computer or in cyberspace.
Example Sentences
- "With our Medicare supplemental insurance plan, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. (Advertisement)"
- "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."
- "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."
- "virtually a member of the family"
- "In this case W has a diagram with 2 vertices and one edge labelled ∞, and is therefore the infinite dihedral group. Thus W is virtually ℤ."
- "In this paper, we are mainly concerned with homogeneity in the class of finitely generated virtually free groups, i.e. finitely generated groups with a free subgroup of finite index."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vertually
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li/
- British English: /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəli/
Inflected Forms
more virtually (comparative)
most virtually (superlative)