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basicly

basicly is the misspelling of basically.

Meaning of basically

Adverb

basically (comparative more basically, superlative most basically)

  1. In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
    • They've added some fancy features, but it's basically still a crappy car.
    Synonyms:
    essentially
  2. Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
    Synonyms:
    chiefly
  3. (filler) Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
    • I shouldn't have done it, basically.

Origin of basicly

From basic + -ly.

Questions about basicly

What is basicly the misspelling of?
Basicly is the misspelling of basically.

Words near basicly in the dictionary

  1. basichondrocrania
  2. basichondrocranium
  3. basichromatin
  4. basicities
  5. basicity
  6. basicly
  7. basicness
  8. basiconic
  9. basiconics
  10. basicosta
  11. basicostae

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basicly (page history and authors); basically (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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