fundamentally
fundamentally adverb: in a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
Adverb
fundamentally (comparative more fundamentally, superlative most fundamentally)
- In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
- What the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a nonaddict.2000 June 24, Michael Massing, “Seeing Drugs as a Choice Or as a Brain Anomaly”, in The New York Times
- Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC
- Synonyms:
- basically, essentially, at bottom, at heart, au fond, by definition, deep down, in effect, in essence, in the end
fundamentally meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
fundamentally in Hindi
- मौलिक रूप से
fundamentally in Tamil
- அடிப்படையாக
fundamentally in Bengali
- মৌলিকভাবে, মূলত, প্রধানত
fundamentally in Malayalam
- basically, essenti-ally, in essence
- അടിസ്ഥാനപരമായി, മൗലികമായി, പ്രധാനമായി, മൂലാധാരമായി, മുൻപായി, മുഖ്യമായി
Examples of fundamentally in a sentence
- Their convergence is creating a new axis of upheaval—a development that is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.
- This illustrates that this extra piece of information does not fundamentally simplify minesweeper.
- Lanya (Lane) McKittrick, a Seattle-based mother who has IEPs for three of four children, understands this fundamentally.
Synonyms of fundamentally
- basically
- essentially
- at bottom
- at heart
- au fond
- by definition
- deep down
- in effect
- in essence
- in the end
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Forms of fundamentally
| comparative | more fundamentally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fundamentally |
Origin of fundamentally
From fundamental + -ly.
Questions about fundamentally
- What does fundamentally mean?
- Fundamentally means in a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
- What is fundamentally in Hindi?
- Fundamentally in Hindi is मौलिक रूप से. See Fundamentally meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fundamentally?
- Fundamentally is an adverb.
Words near fundamentally in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fundamentally (page history and authors); fundamentally (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fundamentally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fundamentally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fundamentally (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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