All 3 Uses of
virtual
in
The Horse Whisperer
- He had a keen commercial nose and in fact virtually ran the place as their father retreated ever deeper into the gloom created by the lawsuits.†
Chpt 8 *virtually = to almost be so, but not so strictly speaking
- Virtually every other seat had been taken by a touring tabernacle choir who had sung the entire way.†
Chpt 28
- He smiled calmly and quite without embarrassment and the look he gave her wasn't the look of a virtual stranger, but of someone who'd known her for a very long time.†
Chpt 16 *
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