Associations to the word «Basically»

Wiktionary

BASICALLY, adverb. In a fundamental, essential or basic manner

Dictionary definition

BASICALLY, adverb. In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne