Definition of "virtually" []

• In fact or to all purposes; practically: The city was virtually paralyzed by the transit strike. (adverb)
• Almost but not quite; nearly: "Virtually everyone gets a headache now and then” ( People). (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp is creating what it describes as a virtually integrated steel operation, linking workers on three continents by elaborate computer networks and software systems."
• "Agence France-Presse/Getty Images German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp is creating what it describes as a virtually integrated steel operation, linking workers on three continents by elaborate computer networks and software systems."
• "Dr Drug Store – my new name for Walgreen – said they got virtually all of it, but note his qualifying use of the word virtually."