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virtually, adv.|ˈvɜːtjuːəlɪ|
Also 5 vertualliche, 5, 7 vertually.
[f. virtual a. + -ly2. Cf. F. virtuellement, It., Sp., Pg. virtualmente.]
1. In respect of essence or effect, apart from actual form or specific manner; as far as essential qualities or facts are concerned.
Passing into next by a slight weakening of the sense, the idea of simple equivalence becoming more prominent than that of essential qualities.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxxxvii. (1869) 49 Serteyn, quod she, localliche j vnderstonde not, but oother weys; vertualliche j vnderstonde summe, ymaginatyfliche summe. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. viii. i. S viij b/1 The vertue of god made and ordeyned primordyall matere in y⊇ whiche as it were in a massy thynge the foure elementes were vertually and not dystyngued in tale and nombre as they arne now. 1639Fuller Holy War i. xxiv. 40 But these and many more voluminous engines (for the ramme alone had an hundred men to manage it) are now virtually epitomized in the cannon. 1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 22 He defeated..the other ten nations virtually and inclusively. 1690C. Nesse O. & N.T. I. 206 All the lesser pearls..are contain'd vertually in this one diamond. a1768Secker Serm. (1770) III. xvi. 378 If the Jews had prevailed, they would have imagined their Success a full Proof, that the Messiah was yet virtually, though not corporally, amongst them.
b. In effect, though not formally or explicitly; practically; to all intents; as good as.
a1600Hooker Disc. Justification (1612) 32 No man is ignorant of their first principles, which doe vertually containe whatsoever by naturall meanes, is, or can be knowne. a1626Bp. Andrewes Serm. (1856) I. 237 That was but virtually as good as born, this actually born indeed. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. iv. 160 Continue correspondencie with..some Professour or Secretary, who virtually is the whole University, or State. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 92 It is sufficient that the parent be virtually and dispositively at present a believer. a1718Prior Alma ii. 183 By the Peep⁓holes in his Crest, Is it not virtually confest That there his Eye took distant Aim. 1748Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. §34. 170 As far as this is virtually included in the Precepts for loving God above all and our Neighbour as ourselves. 1791Burke App. Whigs Wks. 1842 I. 497 It is virtually a begging of the question. 1817W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1152 The seamen may sue..the owners, as the persons virtually contracting with them through the agency of the master. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 160 The cause was virtually transferred to Rome, where Henry..was unlikely to consent to plead. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. I. ii. 301 Before the middle of the 18th century the laws against Catholic worship were virtually obsolete.
2. Virtuously, morally. rare.
1539in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. App. cx. 296 [All persons shall] virtually and devoutly..hear their divine services and masses. 1812Cary Dante, Purg. xxx. 118 This man Was..So gifted virtually, that in him All better habits wonderously had thrived.
3. In respect of (physical) virtues. rare—1.
1660Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661) 75 The Prince is not placed in his Chair of State, as the Sun has its spherical collocation amidst the Planets, and is chiefest vertually.
4. With virtue or power; effectively. rare—1.
1604Dekker King's Entertainm. Wks. 1873 I. 302 Beames from thine eyes So vertually shining, that they bring, To England's new Arabia, a new Spring. |