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Basically   /bˈeɪsɪkli/   Listen
Basically

adverb
1.
In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.  Synonyms: essentially, fundamentally.  "The argument was essentially a technical one" , "For all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"





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"Basically" Quotes from Famous Books



... yet another phenomenon: that of the artist endowed with all the powers of craftsmanship yet serving an end neither basically spiritual nor basically aesthetic, but definitely professional. We have George Vasari's word for it; and Vasari's blame upon the extravagant and too-well-beloved Lucrezia. To-day we are so accustomed to ...
— Fra Bartolommeo • Leader Scott (Re-Edited By Horace Shipp And Flora Kendrick)


Words linked to "Basically" :   essentially, fundamentally


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