essentially

English

Etymology

From essential +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/

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• Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial‧ly

Adverb

essentially (comparative more essentially, superlative most essentially)

1. in essence
   • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎, 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.

Synonyms

• 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

Translations

essentially

Armenian: ըստ էության (əst ēutʻyan) Azerbaijani: mahiyyətcə Catalan: en essència Chinese: Mandarin: 本質上 / 本质上 (zh) (běnzhìshàng), 基本上 (zh) (jīběnshàng), 大體上 / 大体上 (zh) (dàtǐshang) Danish: i sit inderste væsen, i bund og grund, grundlæggende (da) Dutch: essentieel (nl) Esperanto: esence Faroese: í botn og grund Finnish: pohjimmiltaan, sisimmältään, perimmältään, periaatteessa, käytännössä (fi) French: essentiellement (fr), en essence German: im Wesentlichen (de), im Grunde, im Kern, im Grunde genommen Hungarian: lényegében (hu) Italian: in essenza Maltese: essenzjalment Middle French: en essence Norwegian: Bokmål: dypest sett, i bunn og grunn (no) Pannonian Rusyn: у сущносци (u suščnosci), сущно (suščno) Polish: zasadniczo (pl), w gruncie rzeczy Portuguese: em essência, essencialmente (pt) Romanian: esențial (ro), în esență Russian: по существу́ (po suščestvú), суще́ственно (ru) (suščéstvenno), по су́ти (ru) (po súti), в су́щности (v súščnosti), есть (ru) (jestʹ) (dated), суть (ru) (sutʹ) (dated) Serbo-Croatian: u biti, u suštini Slovak: v podstate, esenciálne Spanish: esencialmente (es), en esencia Swedish: i grund och botten (sv) Ukrainian: по су́ті (po súti)