essentially
About 32.35 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb In an essential way. In essence: by nature.
The beaver is a social creature, not just occasionally but essentially.
- adverb In essence: by nature.
The beaver is a social creature, not just occasionally but essentially.
- adverb In essence: in most ways that matter; in all ways that matter.
A: So you're saying, in other words, that he's greedy? B: Essentially, yes, that's what I'm saying.
Similar words
basically fundamentally au fond in essence substantively quintessentially intrinsically specifically substance originally
Often followed by
the a an different of in to as similar from
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