ba ‧ sic ‧ ally S1 /ˈbeɪsɪkli/ BrE AmE adverb
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ base , the basics, ↑ basis ; adjective : ↑ baseless , ↑ basic , ↑ based ; verb : ↑ base ; adverb : ↑ basically ]
1 . [sentence adverb] spoken used to emphasize the most important reason or fact about something, or a simple explanation of something:
Basically, I’m just lazy.
Well, basically, it’s a matter of filling in a few forms.
I used to see him every night, basically.
2 . in the main or most important ways, without considering additional details or differences SYN fundamentally :
All cheeses are made in basically the same way.
I believe that human beings are basically good.
Basically, he hadn’t changed at all.