basically

[bey-sik-lee] / ˈbeɪ sɪk li /

ADVERB

fundamentally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

essentially mostly

WEAK

at heart at the bottom firstly in essence in substance inherently intrinsically primarily radically

Antonyms

WEAK

additionally extra inessentially

Example Sentences

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Cactus is basically debt free; it runs a balance sheet the way I like a balance sheet run.

From Barron's

“It’s really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero,” Musk said in 2022.

From MarketWatch

"So I've had two careers, two professions basically, taken away from me."

From BBC

The Bureau of Labor Statistics was unable to publish data for October and basically carried prices across from September to November.

From Barron's

“The real Marcus Aurelius seems to be basically a Roman rather than a Stoic,” one historian wrote in 1969.

From The Wall Street Journal