英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/
• ハイフネーション: es‧sen‧tial‧ly

副詞

essentially (comparative more essentially, superlative most essentially)

1. In an essential way.
   1. In essence: by nature.

      Synonyms: inherently, intrinsically, innately, naturally, quintessentially; see also Thesaurus:intrinsically

      Near-synonyms: actually, at bottom, at heart, basically, fundamentally, characteristically, centrally, substantially; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally

      Antonyms: circumstantially, happenstantially, incidentally, coincidentally, by chance, accidentally; see also Thesaurus:accidentally

      The beaver is a social creature, not just occasionally but essentially.

      • 2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 August 2022:

        A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.

      • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:

        A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.

   2. (by extension) In essence: in most ways that matter; in all ways that matter.

      Synonyms: basically, fundamentally, substantially, substantively, more or less; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally, Thesaurus:mostly

      A: So you're saying, in other words, that he's greedy? B: Essentially, yes, that's what I'm saying.