Both Uses of
virtual
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- In truth he had virtually pleaded guilty to the charge, by scarcely aiming at such success as other men seek, and by taking only that humble and modest part in the intercourse of life which belongs to the alleged deficiency.†
Chpt 4 *virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
- —and you rise up from table virtually governor of the glorious old State!†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(virtual as in: virtual organization) to almost be something; or to effectively be something without entirely being it in a traditional sense
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(2)
(virtual as in: computer's virtual world) something simulated by a computer