Synonyms for basically
ˈbeɪ sɪk liba·si·cal·ly

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1. basically, fundamentally, essentiallyadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fundamentally, essentially

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1. List of paraphrases for "basically":

   essentially, fundamentally, mainly, primarily, basic, largely, substantially, virtually, wholesale, practically, inherently, mostly, broadly, principally, actually, fundamental, predominantly

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1. Tuukka Rask:

   A lot, tuukka Rask -LRB- 40 -RRB-’s why I never really, in my head wanted to flirt with opportunity to go somewhere else. ... For us as players when you have a team like the Boston Bruins, basically a bunch of us have grown up together. So, you kind of feel that brotherhood. You do n’t want to leave guys on bad terms.

2. Senate Democrats:

   I don't want to participate in what is basically the Trump show, the Trump-Pence show. What do you think they are going to see ? You have a President saying,' Everything's just fine. These facilities, these detention centers are just being run great.' Yeah, that's what they're going to see. But we know from all of the reports that things are not great.

3. Seth Ferranti:

   In the streets and in the criminal underworld when you do something like that you’re basically looked upon as a hero, you earn points, you earn stripes.

4. Tesla CEO Elon Musk:

   And I am very happy to announce that we’ve dramatically increased the power capability of the Powerwall…[so we’ve] basically more than doubled the power output of the Powerpack and the price is going to stay the same.

5. Simpson Kemp:

   Pistols are different. You have to pull the trigger each time. An assault weapon, you basically hold the trigger, it goes [ and fires continuously ].