Phrase guide
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adj
Operating or functioning; in force; in play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: standing
Antonyms: none provided
adv
For all practical purposes; in practice; actually; essentially; basically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: effectively, at bottom, at heart, au fond, basically, by definition, deep down, essentially, fundamentally, in effect, in essence, in the end, in the final analysis, substantially, ultimately
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
in actuality or reality or fact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: effectively
Antonyms: none provided
History
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