essentially

From essential +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/

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• Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial‧ly

essentially (comparative more essentially, superlative most essentially)

1. in essence
   • 2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 August 2022:

     A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.

   • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[2], volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.

• 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