Synonyms for basically
ˈbeɪ sɪk liba·si·cal·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, essentially

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1. List of paraphrases for "basically":

   essentially, fundamentally, mainly, primarily, basic, largely, substantially, virtually, wholesale, practically, inherently, mostly, broadly, principally, actually, fundamental, predominantly

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1. Don Slavik:

   I've had EDRs that have helped me in a case, and EDRs that have basically told me, don't take that case.

2. Kyle Bourassa:

   If we can treat these conditions, slow people's aging, then that's going to have health benefits across the lifespan and basically through their entire body.

3. Vladimir Chuprov:

   This pledge is a tragedy, a catastrophe, with this 25-30 percent commitment they are basically saying: 'Guys, we're staying in the 20th century with our carbon-centered technology'.

4. Peter Sokolowski:

   It was a very new word at that time, his definition is not the definition that you and I would understand today. His definition was, ‘The qualities of females,’ so basically feminism to Noah Webster meant femaleness. We do see evidence that the word was used in the 19th century in a medical sense, for the physical characteristics of a developing teenager, before it was used as a political term, if you will.

5. Joe Manchin:

   We cannot basically have a divided country, and we cannot withstand that.