ESSENTIALLY


Meaning of ESSENTIALLY in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.