basically
Definition:
1. At bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
Use 'basically' in a sentence:
- 1. Basically it's a choice.
- 2. You are saying the parchment was basically recycled?
- 3. I mean just two characters on the stage hanging around basically doing nothing.
- 4. It's going to be basically a first order form.
- 5. One of its adaptations is basically camouflage.
- 6. That's because matter and anti-matter are basically opposites of each other.
- 7. Most systems are basically identical.
- 8. The situation is basically sound.
- 9. Soybean prices are basically flat this year while corn prices are up 25%.
- 10. This gun is designed for one purpose — it's basically to kill people.
- 11. As far as I can tell, Jason is basically a nice guy.
- 12. It's basically a vegan diet.
- 13. The tune is basically the same as the old one, but considerably jazzed up.
- 14. He basically lives on a state pension.
- 15. Basically, there's not a lot we can do about it.
- 16. Gilding the lily of what is basically a romantic comedy, the director falls a little short of his best mark.
- 17. He's basically bullshitting.
- 18. We're basically over the hump. We've got an economy that's likely to grow next year even more than it did in 1992.
- 19. Str is basically telling us how we want to have it printed out.
- 20. There are basically two types called, in layman's terms, blue and white asbestos.
- 21. Modern economic growth can be basically divided into three stages.
- 22. She was basically fenced in by what the military wanted to do.
- 23. And that's it, basically.
- 24. Basically they have to offer better exercise equipment, high-end stuff, and classes.
- 25. Precession, basically is the change in the direction of earth's axis of rotation.
- 26. If the examination shows your company enjoys basically good health, read on.
- 27. It's basically the place or environment where an organism normally lives and grows.
- 28. Basically, it's you, your loo and your dressing gown.
- 29. Basically taking one mole of this process.
- 30. Egyptian life basically revolved around the mysterious rise and fall of the river.
- 31. Basically, the article can be summarized in three sentences.
- 32. Basically I think he would be someone who complemented me in terms of character.
- 33. Honey is basically a compound of water, two types of sugar, vitamins and enzymes.
- 34. Battery charging systems remain basically the same as those in use half a century ago.
- 35. Basically, the tech industry seems to be in an awkward period now.
- 36. This means basically, that they lack structure.
- 37. A car's starter is basically an electric motor.
- 38. Basically you've got two choices.
- 39. She started using chat lines basically for someone to talk to.
- 40. He basically just sits there and does nothing all day.
- 41. People are basically the same the world over.
- 42. Although the car is basically sound, I was worried about certain areas.
- 43. Yes, that's basically correct.
- 44. Basically, a subduction zone is where two tectonic plates collide.
- 45. Their medical problems are basically physical in origin.
- 46. The official report basically exonerated everyone.
- 47. Basically the system ought to have worked.
- 48. There have been some problems but basically it's a good system.
- 49. This gun is designed for one purpose – it's basically to kill people.