Synonyms for essentially
es·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

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1. List of paraphrases for "essentially":

   basically, mainly, primarily, fundamentally, mostly, largely, principally, predominantly, substantially, chiefly, virtually, inherently, practically, broadly

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1. Novartis AG unit Sandoz:

   Sandoz believes that the totality of evidence in its submission, including two pivotal clinical studies, will demonstrate that the proposed biosimilar is essentially the same as the reference product.

2. James Poniewozik:

   It was sleeker, fresher and redesigned, there were tweaks here and there - look, even a new font! But it still does essentially the same thing.

3. El Monte Mayor Jessica Ancona:

   Heartbroken doesn’t begin to express the loss that we feel with the news that two of our El Monte police officers were shot today in the line of duty. As our officers do on a daily basis, they were acting as the first line of defense for our community members when they were essentially ambushed while trying to keep a family safe, these two officers were like family in our community with deep ties to our neighborhoods.

4. Jill Seubert:

   What this means is that you can essentially support an infinite number of spacecraft going to or around Mars with this architecture.

5. Braden Overett:

   There are rules, and then there are unwritten rules, when you’re an A-list skater, you’re essentially representing the entire sport on behalf of your country, to the world, so there are a lot of systems of feedback in place.