Synonyms for essentially
es·sen·tial·ly

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1. basically, fundamentally, essentiallyadverb

   in essence; 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"

   Synonyms:
   fundamentally, basically

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1. List of paraphrases for "essentially":

   basically, mainly, primarily, fundamentally, mostly, largely, principally, predominantly, substantially, chiefly, virtually, inherently, practically, broadly

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1. Henry Preston:

   When Thomas Kelly're in an airport around thousands of people or in an airplane that's essentially a small tube 30,000 feet in the air, Thomas Kelly have to be incredibly accurate. Thomas Kelly can't make mistakes.

2. Chrissy Beckles:

   This dog was essentially dying in front of me, i asked him to fight. And I begged him to fight. I said, 'If you fight, I will fight with you, and we will do whatever it takes to get you healthy and happy.'.

3. Standard Bank analysts:

   The market essentially expected more from the (central bank) yesterday in terms of offering to stem lira weakness and even its statement was deemed to be overly dovish.

4. Craig Moffett:

   To achieve their targeted 50-50 portfolio mix between U.S. and non-U.S. holdings, Altice would need to virtually run the table and buy half of everything out there that isn't named Comcast or Charter, if one assumes that Cox isn't a seller (they're the largest remaining company after TWC and Charter itself, and they have sounded relatively resolute in their desire to remain independent) then Altice would need to successfully buy essentially everyone else.

5. Sourabh Gupta:

   China has already started thinking about a BRICS-plus, this is essentially about China focusing beyond its neighbors, big emerging economies and embracing and integrating other developing countries, so that China can leverage its influence and take leadership roles at the global level.