fundamentally adv : 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, essentially, in essence, au fond]

English

Adverb

1. to the very core of the matter

Synonyms

• essentially
• basically

a outrance, absolutely, all out, at bottom, at heart, at the core, au fond, basically, beyond all bounds, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, completely, dead, downright, essentially, extremely, flat out, immeasurably, in essence, in itself, in substance, in the extreme, in the main, incalculably, indefinitely, infinitely, materially, most, per se, perfectly, primarily, purely, radically, substantially, totally, unconditionally, unequivocally, utterly, with a vengeance