ELEMENTALLY Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

elementally

adverb

as in essentially

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Recent Examples of elementally Mitski is at her best in this album’s more elementally human moments. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026

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Neutron experiments instead found that the manganese spins remain essentially aligned.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
The play is essentially a condensed version of Jaku’s memoir, but there’s one big difference.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of essentially

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Robinson says that the culture in industry is fundamentally broken.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2026
Kretzschmar and his lawyers, however, argued in state court in Tompkins County that the process was fundamentally unfair, including because he was found responsible for an offense that was not listed in his initial set of administrative charges.

— Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

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For the purposes of the war at hand, the photo is, basically, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Much like Whitford back in the late 1980s, Blyth is realizing that Kaffee basically never gets to leave the stage.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

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