essentially
/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/ adverb B2- In essence: by nature. · The beaver is a social creature, not just occasionally but essentially.
- In essence: in most ways that matter; in all ways that matter. · A: So you're saying, in other words, that he's greedy? B: Essentially, yes, that's what I'm saying.
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Experts suggest that procrastination is not essentially a problem of time management, but rather an issue of emotional regulation.
My primary focus remains the extraction and analysis of deep ice cores, which are essentially frozen archives of atmospheric history.
Asking someone about the craic is essentially inquiring about the latest news or the general mood of a social gathering.
When we recall a specific moment, we are essentially reassembling the memory from scattered neural fragments, rendering it momentarily vulnerable to modification.
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