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basically
[
bey
-sik-lee
]
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Origin
ba·si·cal·ly
/
ˈbeɪ
sɪk
li
/
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[
bey
-sik-lee
]
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adverb
fundamentally.
Origin:
1900–05;
basic
+
-ally
Related forms
qua·si-ba·si·cal·ly,
adverb
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all cells cancer and regular need sugar to maintain and produce energy.
One is basically really curious, and if you have questions you want answers.
Explain to students that the basic survival needs of animals have remained basically the same over millions and millions of years.
In fact, all these solutions work in basically the same way.
It's basically a position based in academic politics.
These headphones are basically a pair of solid sports earbuds connected by a short cable.
The gorillas perform basically three different kinds of splashing: one- and two-handed splashes, and a body splash.
While it had basically the same character and main story, all of my favorite parts of the book were left out.
So basically no butter in challah, unless you want to call it coffee cake.
We know that there was a big bang because all the evidence shows that basically the entire universe is expanding all the time.
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World English Dictionary
basically
(ˈbeɪsɪklɪ)
—
adv
1.
in a fundamental or elementary manner; essentially:
strident and basically unpleasant
2.
(
sentence modifier
) in essence; in summary; put simply:
basically we had underestimated mother nature
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
basically
1903, from
basic
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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