Definitions for essentially
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1. basically, fundamentally, essentially(adverb)

   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"

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1. essentially(Adverb)

   in an essential manner; in essence.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'essentially' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2893

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'essentially' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2213

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'essentially' in Adverbs Frequency: #221

How to pronounce essentially?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of essentially in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of essentially in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of essentially in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   We've essentially gutted it anyway.

2. Denis Diderot:

   All children are essentially criminal.

3. Aristotle:

   Friendship is essentially a partnership.

4. George Santayana:

   Music is essentially useless, as life is.

5. Lennon Sweeting:

   Libra is essentially slammed in the Senate.

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