Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By reason of natural constitution; in essence: as, minerals and plants are essentially different.
- In an essential manner or degree; in effect; fundamentally: as, the two statements do not differ essentially.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in an
essential manner;in essence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
Etymologies
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A redshirt is a term essentially used for skipping a year.
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011
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After discussion with several experts -- actually, reporter colleagues who sit within a 30-foot radius -- the consensus is that the term essentially refers to someone oddly detached from reality.
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The term essentially refers to everyone except for non-Hispanic white people.
How Not To Be Insane When Accused Of Racism (A Guide For White People) 2005
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Besides the record's disappointing sales, the label essentially shut down operations around the time of This Kind of Love's release.
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Besides the record's disappointing sales, the label essentially shut down operations around the time of This Kind of Love's release.
Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Besides the record's disappointing sales, the label essentially shut down operations around the time of This Kind of Love's release.
Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Which essentially translates as anyone who lives in the house of the European citizen in the country from which they are moving, regardless of their nationality (which paraphrases Articles 2 & 3 of the directive).
Foreign Perspectives 2009
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Alonso lost the title essentially because he blocked Hamilton in the McLaren pit in Hungary, and the FIA intervened to penalise him.
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This essentially is a question of evidence, and some countries do have legal euthanasia already.
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This essentially is a question of evidence, and some countries do have legal euthanasia already.
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