Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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practically

/ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/ adverb

  1. adverb In practice; in effect or in actuality, though possibly not officially, technically, or legally. “Stalin was not technically or legally the head of state but was practically so.”
  2. adverb Almost completely; almost entirely. “He was practically uneducated, barely able to read and write a simple sentence.”
  3. adverb With respect to practices or a practice. “He wasn't very good with words or numbers; he was more of a practically minded person”
  4. adverb In a way that is practical: feasibly; unchallengingly. “practically achievable”

Synonyms

de facto effectively as much as nearly virtually practicably all but much

Antonyms

impractically

Etymology

From practical + -ly.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adverb 1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.
  2. adverb By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “practically”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “practically” (best matches first).