(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely "much the same thing happened every time" "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"
in a practical manner "practically orientated institutions such as business schools" "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"
almost
nearly "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train" "he was practically the only guest at the party" "there was practically no garden at all"