fundamentally
/fʌndəˈmɛntəli
/adverb [often as submodifier]
1In central or primary respects: two fundamentally different concepts of democracy...
- Although many ideas in this work were taken over from Descartes, in one respect he fundamentally disagreed with him.
- The indirectly standardised indices currently used are fundamentally flawed in this respect.
- In doing so it is not the Government's intention to alter fundamentally the scope or operation of the law.
Synonyms
basically, elementally, radically;
structurally, organically, constitutionally, inherently, intrinsically, materially;
vitally, essentially;
crucially, centrally, critically
essentially, in essence, basically, at heart, at bottom, deep down, principally, predominantly, above all, first of all, most of all, first and foremost, on the whole, by and large, substantially;
French au fond
informal at the end of the day, when all is said and done, when you get right down to it
1.1 [sentence adverb] Used to make an emphatic statement about the basic truth of something: fundamentally, this is a matter for doctors...
- It is impossible to improve on the statement that, fundamentally, there is only one love.
- For me, fundamentally, I suppose, diversity is about where is truth, where is reality.
- More fundamentally, it may offend the basic principle that the only point of such a plea is to justify a defamatory meaning.