essentially

English

Etymology

essential +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/
• Hyphenation: es‧sen‧tial‧ly

Adverb

essentially (comparative more essentially, superlative most essentially)

1. in an essential manner; in essence
   • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, pages 112-3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.

Synonyms

• actually, at bottom, at heart, basically, centrally, characteristically, factually, fundamentally, in essence, in the main, inherently, intrinsically, naturally, substantially
• See also Thesaurus:intrinsically or Thesaurus:fundamentally

Translations

essentially

• Catalan: en essència
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本質上／本质上 (zh), 本质上 (zh) (běnzhìshàng), 基本上 (zh) (jīběnshàng), 大體上／大体上 (zh) (dàtǐshang), 大体上 (zh) (dàtǐshang)

• Danish: i sit inderste væsen, i bund og grund, grundlæggende (da)
• Dutch: essentieel (nl)
• Esperanto: esence
• Finnish: pohjimmiltaan, sisimmältään, perimmältään, periaatteessa
• French: essentiellement (fr), en essence
• Italian: in essenza
• Maltese: essenzjalment
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• Middle French: en essence
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dypest sett, i bunn og grunn (no)

• Portuguese: em essência, essencialmente (pt)
• Romanian: esențial (ro), în esență
• Russian: по существу́ (po suščestvú), суще́ственно (ru) (suščéstvenno), по су́ти (ru) (po súti), в су́щности (v súščnosti), есть (ru) (jestʹ) (dated), суть (ru) (sutʹ) (dated)
• Serbo-Croatian: u biti, u suštini
• Slovak: v podstate, esenciálne
• Spanish: esencialmente (es), en esencia
• Ukrainian: по су́ті (po súti)