fundamentally

adv

Etymology

From fundamental + -ly.

  1. derived from *bʰudʰmḗn
  2. derived from fundamentum
  3. borrowed from fundamentālis
  4. formed as fundamentally — “fundamental + -ly

Definitions

  1. In a fundamental or basic sense

    In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.

    • What the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a nonaddict.
    • Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.

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