ESSENTIALLY Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

essentially

adverb

Definition of essentially

as in basically

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Recent Examples of essentially Despite credit markets flashing warnings, equity holders essentially just stood there. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 AlphaFold from Isomorphic Labs mapped 200 million protein structures, essentially every protein known to science, in a single release, collapsing what had been a fifty-year research problem for each individual protein into an afternoon of compute. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The blank slate problem essentially means that people don’t know how to get started. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026 For him, the house’s value lay in its proximity to the sea, and in its basement – essentially a garage, with good lighting and an inspection pit – which connected to the coast road along a short steep concrete ramp. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for essentially

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Adverb

The new tech, which the company refers to as a magnetic coupling dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) road system, basically builds a wireless charging system into the roads themselves.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
The prosecutor argued the beatings basically never stopped, claiming footage showed nannies beating one child, then turning their violence toward any of the other toddlers who wept while watching.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026