Julia Glass

I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn't overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book.

American Novelist

James Dobson

Homosexuals can be, you know, committed to each other. And they have freedom to behave in the ways that they do, but they cannot be a family. They cannot be married. I mean, virtually every culture in the history of the world has considered marriage to be between one woman and one man.

American Psychologist

Jose Ferreira

Education is among the most important problems we face because it's the ultimate 'gateway' problem. That is, it drives virtually every global problem that we face as a species. But there's a flip-side: if we can fix education, then we'll dramatically improve the other problems, too.

American Businessman

Nigella Lawson

Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.

British Journalist

Penn Badgley

We live in a world that does not recognize virtually anyone outside of the white male or the beautiful white woman who has to be an object of desire and affection.

American Actor

Gok Wan

People assume I must have this fantastic body that I'm dying to show off but the truth is I have body issues - just like virtually everybody else.

British Author

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Our computers have become windows through which we can gaze upon a world that is virtually without horizons or boundaries.

Lou Holtz

Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.

American Coach

Kate O'Mara

I've been vegetarian for virtually all of my adult life, and I do adopt a very strict health regime.

English Actress

Daniel Keys Moran

Plot and character are virtually the same thing.

American Writer

Use 'virtually' to suggest a situation is so nearly complete that minor details are negligible.

Almost Complete

'Virtually' can intensify a statement, making the condition seem more extreme.

Hyperbolic Intensity

Use it to indicate that you are not speaking literally, but want to make a strong point.

Not Literal

Employ 'virtually' to speak about an event where the outcome is so likely it's considered a given.

Implied Outcome

It's used when making a plausible assumption that's almost regarded as fact.

Strong Assumption

Signal that what follows is not an actual fact but close enough to be considered as such.

Not Factual

In computing, 'virtually' hints at a presence or activity in a digital environment.

Online Presence

It's a tech term indicating an action or state that exists primarily within computers or online.

Tech Specific

 before class even starts, like they really want to occupy space. When they sit down, they're sort of spread out. They raise their hands like this. You have other people who are virtually collapsing when they come in. As soon they come in, you see it. You see it on their faces and their bodies,

Your body language may...

 to the point where they are virtually paused. And research into cryonics hopes to achieve the same by freezing dying people and reviving them later when newer technology is able to help them. See, if the cells are frozen, there's very little molecular movement, and diffusion practically stops.

At what moment are you...

 involving cats, their rodent prey, and virtually all other birds and mammals, including humans. Documented human infections go as far back as ancient Egypt. We found samples in mummies. Today, about a third of the world's population is infected,

Is there a disease that...

 but whose function was unknown. At first glance, the operation had succeeded. H.M.'s seizures virtually disappeared, with no change in personality, and his IQ even improved. But there was one His memory was shot.

What happens when you...

 they have proliferated virtually exterminated the local fish stocks and they've now developed a taste for pigeon

The Fish That Hunts...

 To see a tiger hunting boar is extremely rare. To capture it on camera is virtually impossible.

Rare Tiger vs Boar Fight...

 he was his his life was virtually over his tuberculosis that had started at the age

Virtually

Almost Complete

Hyperbolic Intensity

Not Literal

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