ə̇ˈsench(ə)lē, eˈ-, ēˈ-, -li adverb
Etymology: Middle English essencially, from essencial essential + -ly
: in an essential manner : by its very nature : fundamentally
taught her to play golf in the same grave, methodical but essentially encouraging way — Louis Auchincloss
the species being essentially an inhabitant of southern waters — W.H.Dowdeswell
government in New Jersey is essentially the same in general pattern as in each of the other 47 States — American Guide Series: New Jersey
painting, essentially a two-dimensional art — Herbert Read