Essentially

//ɪˈsɛnʃəli//

"Essentially" in a Sentence (12 examples)

In general, the relationship between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

Diamond is essentially hard.

It is essentially a question of time.

We often hear it said that ours is essentially a tragic age.

Essentially it's a one-to-one match, but the content of that match is a level so high as to be unthinkable to an ordinary person.

Penis enlargement supplements, as sold on sites and in magazines, have essentially no effect.

A fact is, essentially, irrefutable.

There are people who say that the politeness of Englishmen is essentially a sense of fear.

The war is essentially over.

The way I see it, as larges cities, Tokyo and Osaka are essentially the same.

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A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips.

A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.

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