Synonym: au fond, basically, fundamentally, in essence. Similar words: potentially, substantially, influential, residential, presidential, essence, initially, partially. Meaning: [-lɪ] 
adv. at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
adv. at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature. 
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31. His analysis of urban use of agricultural land has been proved essentially correct.
32. She had never been accepted into what was essentially a man's world.
33. Critical thinking is essentially negative as it seeks to dissect and not to build.
34. It is essentially a narrow and conservative approach to child care.
35. There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem.
36. We provide a service that is essentially complementary to that of the banks.
37. The book is essentially a taster for those unfamiliar with the subject.
38. Your new job will be essentially the same as your old one.
39. The article was essentially concerned with her relationship with her parents .
40. Reaching a maximum height of 56cm the pygmy goat is essentially a pet.
41. Many other surveys have produced results essentially in agreement with these figures.
42. The process is essentially dynamic with ideas and feedback flowing both ways.
43. Television programmes are essentially bait to attract an audience for advertisements.
44. The bulk of the text is essentially a review of these original documents.
45. It's essentially a dictionary but it differs in one or two respects.
46. The so - called golden - collar gentry are essentially nothing but brain - workers with high income.
47. The heroine plays an essentially passive role in the drama.
48. Essentially(sentence dictionary), what we are suggesting is that the firm needs to change.
49. These are essentially public law functions.
50. These four basic styles depict essentially different leadership styles.
51. They were running in a circle, essentially, going nowhere.
52. Genuine collegiality is something essentially different.
53. But the president essentially endorsed Rumsfeld's approach, they said.
54. The other diagnoses are essentially political.
55. Hygiene factors are essentially extrinsic and motivators are intrinsic.
56. Essentially the course comprises sequences of language drills.
57. The situation in Cramlington is essentially similar.
58. The first two reveal an essentially conservative, royalist agenda.
59. That means it is essentially political in motivation.
60. It was essentially confined to our division.
More similar words: potentially, substantially, influential, residential, presidential, essence, initially, partially, sentiment, substantial, assessment, passenger, partial, initial, assess, vessel, palatial, dessert, depressed, socially, officially, especially, senseless, consent, successfully, sentence, represent, at present, mentally, entity.