elementally

adverb

Definition of elementallynext
as in essentially

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  1. essentially
  2. fundamentally
  3. basically
  4. intrinsically
Adverb
  • The argument across these different domains is essentially the same: The time for AI skepticism has come and gone.
    Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The Google researchers wanted to see if measurements taken from receivers in Android phones could essentially replicate the ionosphere mapping that occurs in more advanced monitoring stations.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of essentially
Adverb
  • Western officials have also accused China of aiding the Russian military more fundamentally—by supplying it with attack drones, for instance.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Supporters say giving one-third of voters veto power over any tax increase is fundamentally undemocratic.
    Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fundamentally
Adverb
  • What an opportunity getting to play someone who is steely and strong and manipulative and just bad, basically.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • So the reader has to imagine that basically there are ballots in a box somewhere.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of basically
Adverb
  • This intrinsically risk-averse industry sees something in the technology that helps solve an otherwise impossible resource and process efficiency problem.
    Aman Wasan, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Stop-motion animation intrinsically calls attention to its creation — the time-intensive nature of the process, the sheer amount of labor built into the design, the communal strength necessary for any project to come to fruition.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of intrinsically
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