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basically

adv
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/US/ˈbeɪ.sɪk.koʊ.li/

Etymology

From basic + -ally.

  1. derived from βάσις
  2. derived from basis
  3. derived from base
  4. inherited from base
  5. formed as basic — “base + -ic”
  6. suffixed as basically — “basic + ally”

Definitions

  1. In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.

    • They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car.

  2. Essentially

    Essentially; mostly; pretty much.

  3. Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to…

    Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.

    • I shouldn't have done it, basically.
    • To get your eyes tested, you should basically go to the opticians.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for basically. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA