1. to all intents and purposes - Adverb
2. to all intents and purposes - Phrase
in every practical sense
Source: WordNetWhatever you identify with is what you are. If you identify with the physical body, then to all intents and purposes you are the physical body. That traps the Self in the physical plane and causes all the illness - stomach aches, ulcers, and all the rest, of the physical body. Benjamin Creme
Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. Zhuangzi
to all intents and purposes the case is closed Source: Internet
the rest are for all practical purposes useless Source: Internet
Although parts of the constellation technically rise above the horizon to observers between the 49°N and 65°N, stars within a few degrees of the horizon are to all intents and purposes unobservable. Source: Internet
He stayed with Philip for a year from 1942 to 1943.sfn Philip called Richard "my son to all intents and purposes. Source: Internet