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How to pronounce basically in English?

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Synonyms essentially, fundamentally


He is basically dishonest.

Examples of basically

basically
This year they return basically the same team led by reigning NL MVP Joey Votto.
From the sacbee.com
Late last year, the ITU basically threw in the towel on its original definition.
From the bloomberg.com
Back in his home state, he went wild and basically saved the first half for SLU.
From the stltoday.com
Instead, he has said a corporate-tax overhaul must be basically revenue neutral.
From the online.wsj.com
As a result, luxury used-car values are basically flat compared with a year ago.
From the online.wsj.com
It basically provides for declaratory judgment that the act is unconstitutional.
From the online.wsj.com
It has laughs, but the tone is detached in what is basically a formulaic comedy.
From the kentucky.com
Basically, I would use the same design that you see in the New York subway cars.
From the washingtonpost.com
For years, scientists said the clock is basically the activity of certain genes.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • In a fundamental, essential or basic manner
  • A single computer can perform only one computer instruction at a time. But, because it can be interrupted, it can take turns in which programs or sets of instructions that it performs. This is known as multitasking. It allows the user to do a number of different things at the same time. ...
  • Usually meaningless.