French English Dictionary

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quasiment in English:

1. practically


We're practically family.
I’ve read practically all of his books.
Forget about the campaign. That kind of company policy is practically unchangeable.
It is practically unthinkable that a scientist of his stature would have made such an elementary mistake.
Tom knows how to operate practically any mode of transportation.
Having practically unenforced laws on the books allows the police to lock up many people at will, since most people will always be violating some law or another.
In Singapore, practically right on the equator, the rainy and dry seasons aren't very clear cut.
How is it that otherwise reasonable people come to believe that this same roof, that practically vanishing commodity, is freely obtainable just by packing up and going to another country?
Although this sentence has no grammatical mistakes, I think it would practically never be used.
I think it is certain that there is intelligent life in this universe, but the likelihood of that life coming to Earth is practically nil.
The plan was supported by practically all the attendants.
Ah, now I remember. I used a condom; something I rarely, or rather practically never, do.
By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.
In her right hand was gripped a suspicious looking rod that practically radiated "I'm a magical girl item".
It's difficult to give an objective definition of terrorism, as it is practically different in every country.

English word "quasiment"(practically) occurs in sets:

False friends in French 126 - 150

2. virtually


The scientific truth of evolution is so overwhelmingly established, that it is virtually impossible to refute.
Learning probably takes place in virtually every activity in which we take part.
Unemployment in this part of the country is virtually nonexistent.
Our robot can virtually do anything.
Mark is so practical and mechanical and can fix virtually anything, yet put him in the kitchen and suddenly he's all fingers and thumbs!
E-mail is virtually done.
You could see virtually every nationality and hear just about every language
I only spoke to him virtually, we've never met in real life.
In past Poland produced a diversity of crops for export, but in recent years commercial crop production has become more specialised, with products such as wheat and now rapeseed reaching record levels, virtually with each passing year.
They're virtually the same. I've virtually finished.
Due to the fact you weren't listening, you understood virtually nothing of what I said
"They have virtually nothing to do with the people in the family."
For virtually all of human existence, exercise was an integral part of our daily existence.
Even if some people survived, a civilized existence would be virtually impossible.
Virtually all sources of commercial peanut butter in the United States contain minute quantities of aflatoxin.

English word "quasiment"(virtually) occurs in sets:

CAE 926 - 950

3. nearly


When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
Hailing a cab in Manhattan at 5:00 p.m. is nearly impossible.
Nearly three.
Somehow, a nearly bankrupt third-party publisher flashed the new Castlevania game onto the memory incompletely. As a result, an entire generation of kids in Macon, Georgia unanimously condemned it as "Simon Does Nothing but Fall into a Bottomless Pit."
The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.
Svetlana was a little too merciful with the feeder mice down at the pet store. The snakes nearly starved!
He's offended at the slightest thing, he takes exception to nearly everything we say to him.
The treatment's acceptability plummeted by nearly 96% that year after researchers discovered disfiguring side effects.
I am aware that some question or justify the events of 9/11. But let us be clear: al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day.
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.
One of my Japanese teachers said "honya honya" instead of "blah blah." My ensuing laughter nearly gave me a hernia.
Nearly all siheyuans had their main buildings and gates facing south for better lighting, so a majority of hutongs run from east to west.
I tumbled on the truth by the merest accident, when I'd pretty nearly chucked the whole job.