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[ adverb ] at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
Synonyms 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 (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)What makes this long and diverse tradition essentially one is that those who have belonged_to it have been profoundly in_earnest about being modern men in a distinctively modern_world . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Other interpretations present the music as an essentially intimate creation . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)It is an understandable paradox that most American history and most American literature is today written from an essentially egocentric and isolationistic point_of_view at the very time America is spreading her dominion over palm and pine . 1 ) Most_of the legends that are created to fan the fires of patriotism are essentially propagandistic and are not folk legends at_all . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Professionally a lawyer , that_is_to_say associated with dignity , reserve , discipline , with much that is essentially middle-class , he is compelled by an impossible love to exhibit himself dressed_up , disguised - that_is , paradoxically , revealed - as a child , and , worse , as a whore masquerading as a child . Related terms |
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