essentially

British  

/ ɪˈsɛnʃəlɪ /

adverb

1. in a fundamental or basic way; in essence

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Example Sentences

The research, published in Psychology & Health, found that about two thirds of daily behaviors begin automatically, essentially running on "autopilot" because they have become routine.

From Science Daily

Amodei, in January at Davos, essentially questioned the ethics of AI companies run by leaders who came out of social media.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What used to require professional video production can now be done in minutes with AI tools. The barrier to creating convincing synthetic conflict footage has essentially collapsed," he says.

From BBC

The chapel’s four dissimilar facades—essentially interconnected white surfaces, ornamented and perforated with markedly different patterns of windows and doorways—are topped with a gray, curvaceous concrete roof.

From The Wall Street Journal

Moose are large, and essentially insane with an almost pathological hatred of the dogs, the sled, the musher, trees, trains, cars, and everything else as near as I can figure.

From Literature

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