English Online Dictionary. What means essentially? What does essentially mean?
English
Etymology
From essential + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/
- Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial‧ly
Adverb
essentially (comparative more essentially, superlative most essentially)
- in essence
Synonyms
- actually, at bottom, at heart, basically, centrally, characteristically, factually, fundamentally, in essence, in the main, inherently, intrinsically, naturally, substantially
- See also Thesaurus:intrinsically or Thesaurus:fundamentally