basically

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
basically
    adv 1: 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" [syn: {basically},
           {fundamentally}, {essentially}]
    

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