All 3 Uses of
virtual
in
Hatchet
- He had made a new bow, with slender limbs and a more fluid, gentle pull, but could not hit the fish though he sat in the water and was, in the end, surrounded by a virtual cloud of small fish.
Chpt 13virtual = to be like something, but not so strictly speaking
- With the fire going he searched for dry wood, the rain had driven water into virtually all the wood he could find, and at last located some in a thick evergreen where the top branches had covered the lower dead ones, keeping them dry.
Chpt 17virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
- During that time he had lost seventeen percent of his body weight. He later gained back six percent, but had virtually no body fat, his body had consumed all extra weight and he would remain lean and wiry for several years.
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Definition:
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(virtual as in: virtual organization) to almost be something; or to effectively be something without entirely being it in a traditional sense