Fundamentally

  • 1Fundamentally — Fun da*men tal*ly, adv. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. Fundamentally defective. Burke. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2fundamentally — index purely (positively) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3fundamentally — c.1600, from FUNDAMENTAL (Cf. fundamental) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4fundamentally — [[t]fʌ̱ndəme̱ntəli[/t]] 1) ADV GRADED: ADV with cl/group (emphasis) You use fundamentally for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important or general statement about something. Fundamentally, women like him for… …

    English dictionary

  • 5fundamentally — fun|da|men|tal|ly [ ,fʌndə mentli ] adverb * 1. ) in a very important or basic way: The Internet has fundamentally changed the way people communicate. a choice between two fundamentally different concepts fundamentally flawed/wrong: His entire… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6fundamentally */ — UK [ˌfʌndəˈment(ə)lɪ] / US adverb 1) in a very important or basic way The Internet has fundamentally changed the way people communicate with one another. a choice between two fundamentally different concepts fundamentally flawed/wrong: His entire …

    English dictionary

  • 7fundamentally — adv. Fundamentally is used with these adjectives: ↑conservative, ↑correct, ↑different, ↑dishonest, ↑distinct, ↑flawed, ↑healthy, ↑important, ↑incompatible, ↑inconsistent, ↑misguided, ↑ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 8fundamentally — fun|da|men|tal|ly [ˌfʌndəˈmentəli] adv in every way that is important or basic ▪ The conclusions of the report are fundamentally wrong . ▪ The political culture of the US is fundamentally different …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9fundamentally — [ˌfʌndəˈment(ə)li] adv 1) in a very important or basic way His entire approach to the problem is fundamentally flawed.[/ex] 2) used for emphasizing the basic nature or character of something Fundamentally, she is a political writer.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 10fundamentally — adverb in every way that is important or basic: They are good friends even though their views on many things are fundamentally different …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English