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How to use virtually in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb

Virtually means almost but not quite. Example: “With our Medicare supplemental insurance plan, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. (Advertisement)”

Examples of virtually by meaning

adverbAlmost but not quite.

  • With our Medicare supplemental insurance plan, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. (Advertisement)
  • 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.2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2019, page 68

adverbIn essence or functionally, but not in fact, formally, or technically.

  • virtually a member of the family

adverbOf a subgroup of finite index.

  • Thus W is virtually ℤ.1998, Daryl Cooper, D. D. Long, A. W. Reid, “Infinite Coxeter Groups are Virtually Indicable”, in Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical...
  • 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.2018, Simon André, “Virtually free groups are almost homogeneous”, in arXiv, section 1

adverbOf a covering space of finite degree.

  • Another class of small manifolds consists of those that are not virtually Haken (a manifold is virtually Haken if it is finitely covered by a Haken manifold).2002, Steven Boyer, “Dehn surgery on knots” (chapter 4), in R.J. Daverman, R.B. Sher, editors, Handbook of Geometric Topology, page 206
  • We call a hyperplane Y in a VH-complex X virtually clean if there exists a finite-sheeted covering map p : X̂ → X and a connected component Y ⊆ p⁻¹Y such that the hyperplane Ŷ of X̂ is clean.2017, Martin R. Bridson, Henry Wilton, “Hyperbolic Geometry and Geometric Group Theory”, in Advanced Studies in Pure Mathematics, volume...

More sentences with virtually

  • That horse is fifty-to-one against, so it has virtually no chance of winning.From the entry against
  • There were about 80 deuteriums for every million protiums, and virtually no tritium.From the entry deuterium
  • Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise, its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.From the entry likewise
  • Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically.From the entry historically
  • Electroconvulsive therapy is virtually a last-resort technique.From the entry electroconvulsive
  • Virtually all employers now require jobseekers to have work experience even for entry-level roles. Many believe this will hurt companies in the long run.From the entry experience
  • Eugenie was known for her congeniality; she could easily fit in to virtually any group of people and have a good time.From the entry congeniality
  • The manifestation of such philosophy seemed to wax and wane, being the most common one time, but virtually without followers at another, apparently disappearing.From the entry wax and wane
  • Preston added that New California is active in virtually all 58 counties.2026 January 23, Mike Mangas, Timea Horvath, “Conservative group plans to split California, holds 'New California' convention in Redding”…. From the entry Preston
  • As there are no hospitals in the Vatican State, virtually no one is born in there.2019 October 3, Ellen Curtin, “Everything You Wanted to Know about Vatican City”, in City Wonders, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025. From the entry Vatican City
  • Shells have sheared off several main guns and virtually disarmed the vessel.2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 26:33 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any…. From the entry disarm
  • At NIE the virtually monolingual linguistic landscape basically belies a quite different multilingual reality.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual…. From the entry belie
  • Cyperus are natives of tropical swamps, so it's virtually impossible to overwater them.2018 May 9, Rebecca Straus, Dabney Frake, “7 Houseplants You Can’t Kill by Overwatering”, in Apartment Therapy, archived from the original…. From the entry overwater
  • Virtually, almost all snail shells wind in the clockwise direction (mathematically negative) when viewed from above.2017, Georg Glaeser, Math Tools: 500+ Applications in Science and Arts, page 330. From the entry snail king
  • The big room had been virtually rebuilt, and Tudorised with a monstrously heavy hand.2016, Ellis Peters, The Complete Felse Investigations. From the entry tudorise
  • Virtually all of the commercial dialyzers available in the United States are hollowfiber dialyzers.2015, Karl Skorecki, Glenn M. Chertow, Philip A. Marsden, Brenner and Rector's The Kidney, →ISBN. From the entry hollowfiber
  • This meant that I was ‘doughnutted’ in the television pictures of virtually every word he uttered.2013, Jonathan Aitken, Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality, Continuum, →ISBN, pages 7 (Prologue) and 619 (End Game). From the entry doughnut
  • After the coroner is informed, it's virtually impossible to uninform him!2011, Bernard Knight, According to the Evidence. From the entry uninform
  • I confess — I took virtually every picture in this book with my compact camera!2011, Rick Sammon, Confessions of a Compact Camera Shooter, →ISBN. From the entry compact camera
  • He has managed to monetize virtually everything that comes out of his mouth.2010 April 26, Lacey Rose, “Glenn Beck Inc”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2010. From the entry monetize
  • Simply put, Free Software is software that you can use, modify, and share with virtually no restrictions.2010, Jason van Gumster, Robert Shimonski, GIMP Bible, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry free software
  • It pays to network and rub shoulders virtually with potential customers on the Web.2010 March 10, Lori Ioannou, “Use Social Media to Build Your Brand”, in Time. From the entry rub shoulders
  • The majority of true crabs are aquatic, or at least virtually so.2010, Michael Samways, Peter Hitchins, Orty Bourquin, Jock Henwood, Tropical Island Recovery: Cousine Island, Seychelles, page 95. From the entry swimming crab
  • The Roman Church consists representatively in the cardinals, but virtually in the pope.2009, Roland H. Bainton, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. From the entry representatively
  • Stone described the shooting of “At the Edge of the World” as virtually directorless.2009 August 23, John Anderson, “Saving the Whales While Cameras Roll”, in New York Times. From the entry directorless
  • The nuplexes, virtually independent of fuel supplies, could be dropped into jungle or tundra.2009, Spencer R. Weart, Nuclear Fear: A History of Images, page 303. From the entry nuplex
  • Attitudes to tobacco mean it′s virtually sold under the counter (and we′re not talking about ‘chop chop’).2007, Martin Hughes, The Slow Guide: Melbourne, unnumbered page. From the entry chop-chop
  • One of Switzerland's largest and most snowsure ski areas that is virtually unknown internationally.2007, Peter Hardy, Felice Hardy, The Great Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2008. From the entry snowsure
  • Light grey calves are virtually blubberless when expelled from the womb, but still weigh a ton.2004, Harry S. Pariser, Explore the Virgin Islands. From the entry blubberless
  • Virtually all of the formal investigations of the Alberta ribstones have led to conclusions of great antiquity.2004, Carol Diaz-Granados, James R. Duncan, The Rock-Art of Eastern North America, page 142. From the entry ribstone
  • On the other hand, while net communities are virtually interconnected, cyberdiscourse is not exempted from parochialism.2003, George W Noblit, Beth Hatt-Echeverria, The future of educational studies. From the entry cyberdiscourse
  • Virtually the whole of the region fell to Saxe's ingenious generalship.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 136. From the entry generalship
  • Groddeck never clearly defined the It, but it was virtually synonymous with the forces of the id.2002, Sharon Klayman Farber, When the Body Is the Target: Self-Harm, Pain, and Traumatic Attachments, Jason Aronson, Incorporated, →ISBN. From the entry it

Meaning of virtually

  1. adverb Almost but not quite.
  2. adverb In essence or functionally, but not in fact, formally, or technically.
  3. adverb Of a subgroup of finite index.

Full definition of virtually

Questions about virtually in a sentence

How do you use virtually in a sentence?
Virtually is used as an adverb. For example: “With our Medicare supplemental insurance plan, there are virtually no claim forms to fill out. (Advertisement)”
What is a short sentence with virtually?
“Thus W is virtually ℤ.”
What does virtually mean?
Virtually means almost but not quite.

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