basically
In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
Adverb
- In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
- They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car.
- Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
- Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
- I shouldn't have done it, basically.
- To get your eyes tested, you should basically go to the opticians.
Origin
Etymology tree English basic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English basically From basic + -ally.