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ˈbeɪ sɪk liba·si·cal·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. basically, fundamentally, essentiallyadverb

    in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature

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

Wiktionary

  1. basicallyadverb

    in a fundamental, essential or basic manner

    They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a car.

  2. Etymology: From basic + -ally

ChatGPT

  1. basically

    Basically is an adverb used to introduce or summarize a statement in a simplified or essential form. It is commonly used to present a simplified explanation, outline the main points, or provide a fundamental understanding of a concept or situation. It implies reducing complexity and getting to the core or essence of the matter being discussed.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'basically' in Written Corpus Frequency: #631

  2. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'basically' in Adverbs Frequency: #241

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of basically in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of basically in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of basically in a Sentence

  1. Jeff Cohen:

    A lot of the fee calculations for portfolio managers are based on performance versus the index, so if they don't play in large deals ... they're basically betting they do poorly, which is a tough bet to make.

  2. Cat Ellington:

    Basically, I bring the truth and the light through the written word. For in such a way am I utilized as a creative human vessel.

  3. Casey DeSantis:

    I mean, just think when Trump was president, I mean, you know, you had some of these major legacy outlets ran for years with unproven conspiracy theory about Russia collusion. And that was meant to basically divide the country. They wanted to mobilize against Trump as much as they talk about the 2020. They didn't accept the 2016 election. They wanted to basically nullify that result.

  4. Matt Harris:

    We'd turn up...and you'd basically be 10 teams down the pitlane arguing over who got the ISDN lines because there weren't enough supplied into the track, you dialed it up and if you didn't keep it dialed up for the weekend, basically you lost it when somebody else used it.

  5. Monongalia County:

    We could see the writing on the wall. And basically what happened was, Milan Puskar, when he passed away, you could start seeing a changing of the entire environment towards the workers and our community.

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