essentially

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In an essential way.; In essence: by nature.
    — Near-synonyms: actually, at bottom, at heart, basically, fundamentally, characteristically, centrally, substantially; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally
  2. In an essential way.; In essence: in most ways that matter; in all ways that matter. broadly
    — A: So you're saying, in other words, that he's greedy? B: Essentially, yes, that's what I'm saying.

词形变化

more essentially comparative most essentially superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English essential
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English essentially
From essential + -ly.
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