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fundamentally

adverb · 1 sense

in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature

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Examples

  • He is basically dishonest
  • the argument was essentially a technical one
  • for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person

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Synonyms

basically, essentially

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