Thesaurus / essentially
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synonyms for essentially
- actually
- approximately
- necessarily
- originally
- permanently
- quite
- really
- substantially
- truly
- typically
- virtually
- fundamentally
- at heart
- at the heart of
- centrally
- characteristically
- chiefly
- determinately
- factually
- importantly
- in effect
- in essence
- indispensably
- inherently
- intimately
- intrinsically
- materially
- more or less so
- naturally
- primarily
- principally
- radically
- significantly
- vitally
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If schooling is a training in expression and communication, college is essentially the establishment of broad convictions.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSWhether this aptitude was combined with the sinuous cunning that is essentially Oriental Nigel did not know.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSIf Two Millions more were to leave the country next year, the condition of the remainder would not be essentially improved.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYThe English have too much pride to be tricky or shabby, even in the essentially corrupting relation of buyer and seller.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYHence, a covenant made in the exercise of Covenanting, is a covenant not essentially new.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMHis sympathies were essentially democratic; himself one of the people, he believed thoroughly in republican ideas.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONThe outcome of the wrangle was a purely personal accommodation of an essentially momentary character.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONHe could be hard at times, but his nature was essentially kind and generous and his friendships numerous and lasting.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWIt is somewhat difficult to compare them with Havana cigars, as the flavor is essentially different.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.This is why, setting aside the upper classes, the Scotch differ essentially from the English.
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WORDS RELATED TO ESSENTIALLY
- about
- about to
- all but
- approximately
- around
- as good as
- bordering on
- close to
- close upon
- essentially
- for all practical purposes
- for the greatest part
- in effect
- in the neighborhood of
- in the vicinity of
- just about
- most
- much
- near to
- nigh
- not far from
- not quite
- on the brink of
- on the edge of
- on the point of
- on the verge of
- practically
- pretty near
- relatively
- roughly
- substantially
- virtually
- well-nigh
- within sight of
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.