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Basically   /bˈeɪsɪkli/   Listen
Basically

adverb
1.
In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.  Synonyms: essentially, fundamentally.  "The argument was essentially a technical one" , "For all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"





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"Basically" Quotes from Famous Books



... on his general method, it had been elegantly simple. But it had been very nearly perfect. Basically, he was ...
— The Weakling • Everett B. Cole
... know every one of them, if nature still keeps ichthyological secrets from us, nothing is more admissible than to accept the existence of fish or cetaceans of new species or even new genera, animals with a basically 'cast-iron' constitution that inhabit strata beyond the reach of our soundings, and which some development or other, an urge or a whim if you prefer, can bring to the upper level of ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne


Words linked to "Basically" :   essentially


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