elementally

adverb

Definition of elementallynext
as in essentially

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  1. essentially
  2. fundamentally
  3. basically
  4. intrinsically
Adverb
  • The working class, the middle class, the populist vote, essentially.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
  • On Monday, Morgan essentially fell on his sword with the defense.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of essentially
Adverb
  • As this is about the practice of programming, this has been a fundamentally qualitative process that is hard to write about with quantitative rigor.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Within certain sectors, AI capabilities have fundamentally changed the playing field, for better or worse, irrespective of executives’ proactivity in seeking out these tools—such that developing an AI strategy is no longer optional, but critical to maintaining a competitive advantage.
    Jorge Castro, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of fundamentally
Adverb
  • But there is such a consensus in the center ground of German politics that basically all the parties that might be in government agree on nearly everything.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
  • All these dualities that underlie ordinary cognition basically melt into a big soup of the Now.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of basically
Adverb
  • Not only is designing, building and maintaining a secure data pipeline intrinsically tricky, but analytics and engineering teams also contend with competing priorities and do not specialize in security and governance.
    Taylor Brown, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Research suggests intrinsically motivated people are less likely to quit than their extrinsically motivated counterparts.
    Noma Nazish, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of intrinsically
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