FUNDAMENTALLY Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

fundamentally

adverb

as in essentially

at the most basic level All people are fundamentally the same. I disagree with some of her points, but fundamentally she's right. His plan is fundamentally different.

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Recent Examples of fundamentally The pulley-belt system is fundamentally flawed — there is no way to prevent the sliding, slipping and particle generation. —

Ed Sokalski, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 More fundamentally, housing is treated as a vehicle for accumulating wealth. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 That's because the section in the FACE Act criminalizing interference at houses of worship fundamentally misstates the rights people have under the First Amendment. —

Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 This is not fundamentally about ideology. —

Jerome Adams, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fundamentally

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What arrived was pleasant but essentially identical to the nightly pre-dinner cocktail hour provisions, nothing that suggested the kitchen had treated it as a distinct request.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
Will Rogers, a newspaper columnist and vaudeville monologuist—an influencer of the nineteen-tens and twenties—became a movie star who essentially played himself.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026