virtually
adverb
, -chə-lē; ˈvərch-wə-lē\
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Synonyms
about, all but, almost, borderline, fair [chiefly British], fairly, feckly [chiefly Scottish], more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, somewhere, well-nigh
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Beth Hoeckel Facing one of the most severe labor shortages in decades, restaurants across the country are trying virtually everything to recruit cooks and dishwashers, from offering quarterly bonuses to providing training programs for ex-convicts. — David Yaffe-bellany, New York Times, "Hiring Is Very Hard for Restaurants These Days. Now They May Have to Fire.," 23 Aug. 2019 Getting any of Auburn’s coaches or players to dish on the quarterback competition has been virtually impossible during fall camp. — Tom Green | [email protected], al, "Kenny Dillingham discusses Auburn quarterback race, judging Bo Nix and Joey Gatewood in practice," 15 Aug. 2019 These figures are virtually impossible to check; the president has not released his tax returns, and has been found in the past to exaggerate his own wealth. — Lauren Egan, NBC News, "Trump says he's losing as much as $5B being president," 13 Aug. 2019 Like virtually everything relating to Colorado weather, be careful with over-extrapolating from these types of signals. — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, "Bye bye, El Niño: What does that mean for this winter in Colorado?," 10 Aug. 2019 Apple achieved this by making the laptop virtually impossible to repair efficiently. — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, "15-inch MacBook Pro mini-review: How much does Apple’s fastest laptop offer?," 28 July 2019 The arbitrator’s final decision is also virtually impossible to appeal — even if the arbitrator is dead wrong on the law — absent extreme circumstances. — Teen Vogue, "What You Need to Know Before Signing the Contract for Your First Job," 26 July 2019 Because outliers—low-probability but potentially lethal events—are so rare, accounting for them by chance is virtually impossible. — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, "“Move fast and break things” won’t make self-driving cars safe," 20 July 2019 The United States has imposed 25% import taxes on $250 billion in Chinese products and is threatening to target an additional $300 billion, extending the tariffs to virtually everything China ships to America. — Jonathan Lemire, Fortune, "Trump and Xi Agree to Truce in US-China Trade War," 29 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'virtually.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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