essentially

ADVERB

basically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually approximately necessarily originally permanently quite really substantially truly typically virtually

STRONG

fundamentally

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully

WEAK

apparently on the surface superficially

Example Sentences

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December durable goods orders fell 1.4%, but that was essentially in line with consensus call.

From Barron's

“What’s especially threatening about this is that our state’s tax structure is essentially a house of cards,” Kiley said.

From Los Angeles Times

Many big banks stopped focusing on mortgages after the 2008 financial crisis, because new rules essentially required them to set aside more money to cover potential losses from mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prosecutor Ian Hope said O'Sullivan "essentially ploughed straight into the back of the stationary Nissan, with there being no apparent avoiding action to the naked eye."

From BBC

essentially

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