Substantially
Substantially adverb - For the most part.
Usage example: the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Virtually and substantially are semantically related in practically topic. In some cases you can use "Virtually" instead the word "Substantially" as an adverb or an adjective.
Virtually
Virtually adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Substantially and virtually are semantically related in practically topic. You can use "Substantially" instead the word "Virtually" as an adverb or an adjective.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- much and substantially
- much and virtually
- largely and substantially
- largely and virtually
- nearly and substantially
- nearly and virtually
- almost and substantially
- almost and virtually
- practically and substantially
- practically and virtually
- really and substantially
- really and virtually
- actually and substantially
- actually and virtually
Both words in one sentence
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We Have Reserves: Lampshaded by the manual in the game itself, Kerbin consists of a virtually undepletable population of Red Shirts dedicated to be substantially launched to anything that moves around the star system.
- The threat this reveals is likely to virtually overshadow all the more mundane players you already knew about; at the very least, it substantially alters both the reader's and the characters' understanding of their world.
Source: Cosmic Horror Reveal -
Flanderization Buddy Lembeck; he starts out as a quasi-Book Dumb guy who thinks more about girls than studying, but as the series goes on, Buddy's intelligence substantially decreases, seemingly Taking Several Levels in Dumbass to the extent of virtually becoming Too Dumb to Live.
Source: Series / Charles in Charge
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