in essenceat 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"
essential basic and fundamental
fundamental, rudimentary, underlying being or involving basic facts or principles
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