essentially
adv/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/
Etymology
From essential + -ly.
- derived from essentia
- borrowed from essentiālis
Definitions
In an essential way.
- Near-synonyms: actually, at bottom, at heart, basically, fundamentally, characteristically, centrally, substantially; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally
- The beaver is a social creature, not just occasionally but essentially.
- A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for essentially. 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