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practically

 adverb
     
prac‧ti‧cally
1 especially spoken almost:
I've read practically all of his books.
She sees him practically every day.
It's practically impossible to predict what will happen.
The two designs were practically identical.
2 in a sensible way which takes account of problems:
'But how can we pay for it?' said John practically.
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