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c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 101 Noon othere argumentis han place forto groundli and fundamentali schewe and proue maters of lawe of kinde not being of feith.

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 25 For if his prediction be fundamentally drawen from the recited mysterie of the number 7. and withall that position be presupposed true,..then must the 49000. yeere..be esteemed the mighty graund Iubileall yeere.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 236 To conclude this point of Connext axiomes; I hope it doth now appeare, that, they are fundamentally, and indeed no other but simple.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 110 There can be nothing more fundamentally Antichristian than it.

1701 W. Paterson Proposals Council of Trade 4 Such as fundamentaly, at least understand Arithmetick and Accompts.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1101 My health, though not fundamentally bad, yet..wanted some repairs.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 91 The simple governments are fundamentally defective. View more context for this quotation

1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 325 Fundamentally, the process consists in injecting air into the molten cast iron through a large number of small orifices.

1879 H. James Diary Man of Fifty in Madonna of Future & Other Tales II. 131 I fell into a suspicious mood, but I was, fundamentally, not in the least addicted to thinking evil.

1914 Harper's Mag. Sept. 622/2 The America to which the immigrant comes has changed fundamentally and permanently.

1954 Sci. Teacher Sept. 177/1 Do the principles of science change? Fundamentally, no.

1970 E. Gray Compl. Guide to Tarot vii. 121 All great religions are, fundamentally, allegorical expressions of the universal Sun Myth.

2015 Irish Times 7 Apr. (Health section) 14/1 BMI is fundamentally flawed, not taking into account muscle mass or bone density, among other factors.

1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. ix. 113 God will neuer giue either in whole or in part, his honor vnto an other: which doth fundamentally ouerthrowe all kind of Idolatries whatsoeuer.

1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 21 Fundamentally [L. fundamentaliter] learne the Noble Art of Physicke.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. iii. 7 It is undeniable, that wounds ought to be cured fundamentally, not superficially.

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 27 Men..cobble up old houses, until they become fundamentally irreparable.

1738 J. F. Fritsch tr. G. de Lairesse Art of Painting Pref. p. iii He, who would teach Fundamentally and Well, must avoid Prepossession.

1833 Earl Somers Polit. Lucubrations 8 We have generally..supported those who were endeavouring fundamentally, not moderately, to change their old systems.

1834 E. Howard in Metropolitan Mag. Oct. 204 Oh! those floggings, how deceptive they were, and how much I regretted them when I came to understand the thing fundamentally.

1842 Fraser's Mag. 26 452 The sheriffs..were fundamentally phlebotomised and dephlogisticated by the fragments of their own swords.

a1892 Ld. Tennyson Devil & Lady (1930) i. ii. 6 Having punch'd him fundamentally With my strong hooves, I left him bruised and battered As a beefsteak.