ESSENTIALLY Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

essentially

adverb

Definition of essentially

as in basically

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Recent Examples of essentially The Sparks essentially tried to skip the rebuilding part of a rebuild, and then almost everything that could go wrong with that plan did. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 The Giants were moving the ball before Jaxson Dart and Malik Nabers left the game and the Rams essentially played against a one-dimensional team the rest of the way. — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 Just this man, essentially destroying himself while his friend watched. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Some strategists think the market is getting ahead of itself — that yields now essentially are pricing in stronger economic growth and are overly sensitive to the vagaries of oil prices amid the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for essentially

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Adverb

No, the Unabomber, a onetime math genius and professor named Ted Kaczynski, was basically a hermit nerd in a Montana cabin who mailed bombs to scientists, engineers, professors, and other elites.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Attackers basically do not need coding skills to launch harmful cyberattacks.

— Eric Herzog, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026