Practically means almost, but not completely or exactly. He'd known the old man practically all his life. You use practically to describe something that involves real actions or events rather than ideas or theories.

What do the word practically mean?

1 : in a practical manner look practically at the problem. 2 : almost, nearly practically everyone.

Does practically mean basically?

As adverbs the difference between practically and basically

is that practically is in practice; in effect not necessarily officially the case but what actually occurs while basically is in a fundamental, essential or basic manner.