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fundamentally en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English fundamental Middle English -ly English -ly English fundamentally From fundamental + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
   • What the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a nonaddict. 2000 June 24, Michael Massing, “Seeing Drugs as a Choice Or as a Brain Anomaly”, in The New York Times:
   • On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer. 2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN:
   • Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people. 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:

Forms

Hypernyms

intrinsically

Relateds

actually · mostly · in summary

Synonyms

in the final analysis · basically · essentially · fundamentally · at heart · in effect · at bottom · deep down · au fond · in the end · ultimately · by definition · substantially · in essence

Translations (12)

fi fundamentaalisesti (to the very core of the matter) · fi olennaisesti (to the very core of the matter) · fi pohjimmiltaan (to the very core of the matter) · fr foncièrement (to the very core of the matter) · it essenzialmente (to the very core of the matter) · fr fondamentalement (to the very core of the matter) · he עֶקְרוֹנִית (to the very core of the matter) · it fondamentalmente (to the very core of the matter) · cmn 从根本上 (to the very core of the matter) · cmn 根本地 (to the very core of the matter) · el στοιχειωδώς (to the very core of the matter) · es fundamentalmente (to the very core of the matter)