Antonyms for essentiallyes·sen·tial·ly

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1. basically, fundamentally, essentiallyadverb

   in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature

   "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

   Synonyms:
   fundamentally, basically

How to use essentially in a sentence?

1. Philip Beh:

   These are essentially people who are trying to get away with a crime, but failing to do so.

2. Alon Gorodetsky:

   There is a lot of flexibility in how one can deploy this material, essentially, by taking the stickers and putting them all over yourself, you could look one way under optical visualization and another way under active infrared visualization.

3. Alyssa Farah Griffin:

   The idea that a president or former could essentially do whatever they want with our nation's secrets poses an incalculable risk to Alyssa Farah Griffin national security, we would know.

4. Rand Paul:

   The chances are that [COVID-19] came from the lab — and…we're up to appropriately 70 million people dead the world now — and this with about 1% mortality. If the next virus that gets out has a 15% or 50% mortality…we essentially destroy the underpinnings of civilization.

5. Jacqueline Robinson:

   They're essentially the marine equivalent of an island species, the vaquitas' naturally low abundance has allowed them to gradually purge highly deleterious recessive gene variants that might negatively affect their health under inbreeding.

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