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[ adverb ] at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature

Synonyms

essentially fundamentally in_essence au_fond

Examples

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

Used in print

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

To perpetuate wealth control led by small groups of individuals who played no role in its creation prevents those with real initiative from coming_to_the_fore , and is basically anti democratic .

(H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)

There we see a basically simple phonemic_system enmeshed in a very complex and puzzling morphophonemic_system .

Related terms

essential fundamental basal essential fundamental

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Rhymes with

majestically algebraically domestically sickly classically characteristically artistically fantastically enthusiastically optimistically acoustically realistically stylistically euphemistically drastically sarcastically statistically unrealistically journalistically linguistically uncharacteristically intrinsically alphabetically empirically scientifically specifically analytically critically uncritically clinically politically skeptically cosmetically genetically slickly numerically magnetically authentically technically hysterically geometrically hermetically diametrically generically academically phonetically symmetrically ethically strategically vertically cynically lyrically physically typically terrifically pathetically parenthetically theoretically unethically authentically apologetically aesthetically hypothetically synthetically sympathetically angelically ethnically surgically poetically energetically symbolically electrically publically publicly sleekly dogmatically therapeutically pathologically democratically organically chronologically chronically categorically theologically biologically musically thematically metaphorically astronomically automatically mechanically mathematically magically undiplomatically logically sardonically ironically technologically ideologically rhetorically historically volcanically systematically diplomatically geographically graphically psychologically microscopically fanatically pragmatically tragically erratically emphatically ecstatically physiologically ecologically economically dramatically philosophically electronically beckley berkeley theatrically romantically comically stoically radically periodically sporadically methodically heroically idiotically thickly optically paradoxically klee rhythmically weakly meekly quickly prickly weekly grotesquely obliquely biweekly brusquely perfectly chemically medically briskly directly unequivocally practically shockley uniquely directly broccoli barkley oakley directly anatomically frantically indirectly likely sparkly blankly starkly darkly unlikely frankly

Phonetic and Homophones

B EY1 S IH0 K L IY0

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