basically
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basically
- /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/ US, UK
- /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.koʊ.li/ Hong Kong
adverb more basically · most basically
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In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car.
Similar: essentially
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Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
Similar: chiefly
- Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word. I shouldn't have done it, basically.
Similar: fundamentally, more often than not
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fundamentally, essentially, au fond, in essence, fundamental, originally, principle, intrinsically, substantively, materially, principally, principal, practically, inherently, generally, primarily
adverb
Similar: fundamentally, more often than not
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adv in a fundamental or basic manner
| Español | básicamente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 근본적(根本的)으로 geunbonjeog-euro |
| Português | basicamente |
| Français | foncièrement, sommairement, à la base |
| Deutsch | im Prinzip |
| Italiano | praticamente, in pratica, basicamente |
| Русский | в основно́м v osnovnóm, по существу́ po suščestvú, в при́нципе v príncipe |
| العربية | ببَسَاطَة bi-basāṭa |
| עברית | עֶקְרוֹנִית eqronit |
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