to all intents and purposes
• in all important respects.
• "a man who was to all intents and purposes illiterate"
Similar:
in effect,
effectively,
in essence,
essentially,
virtually,
practically,
in practical terms,
for all practical purposes,
in all important respects,
more or less,
just about,
all but,
as good as,
in all but name,
as near as dammit,
almost,
nearly,
verging on,
bordering on,
well nigh,
nigh on,
plus-minus,
pretty much,
pretty nearly,
pretty well,
Opposite:
fully,
by no means,
