basically

English

Etymology

From basic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə)li/, enPR: bāʹsĭk-(ə)lē

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• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.koʊ.li/

Adverb

basically (comparative more basically, superlative most basically)

1. In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.

   They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car.

2. Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
3. (filler) Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.

   I shouldn't have done it, basically.

   To get your eyes tested, you should basically go to the opticians.

Synonyms

• (in a fundamental manner): essentially, fundamentally; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally
• (for the most part): chiefly, more often than not; see also Thesaurus:mostly

Translations

in a fundamental or basic manner

• Arabic: ببَسَاطَة (bi-basāṭa)
• Armenian: հիմնականում (himnakanum), ըստ էության (əst ēutʻyan)
• Catalan: bàsicament (ca)
• Estonian: põhimõtteliselt
• Finnish: perimmältään, pohjimmiltaan, periaatteessa
• French: foncièrement (fr), sommairement (fr), à la base
• German: im Prinzip
• Hebrew: עֶקְרוֹנִית (eqronit)
• Hungarian: lényegében (hu), lényegét tekintve
• Icelandic: í grundvallaratriðum
• Italian: praticamente (it), in pratica, basicamente
• Persian: اساسأ
• Portuguese: basicamente (pt)
• Russian: в основно́м (ru) (v osnovnóm), по существу́ (po suščestvú), в при́нципе (ru) (v príncipe)
• Spanish: básicamente (es)
• Ukrainian: в основно́му (uk) (v osnovnómu)

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