Usually means: At the core or fundamentally.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word essentially:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. essentially: Merriam-Webster
  2. essentially: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. essentially: Collins English Dictionary
  4. essentially: Vocabulary.com
  5. Essentially, essentially: Wordnik
  6. essentially: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. essentially: Wiktionary
  8. essentially: Dictionary.com
  9. essentially: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. essentially: Rhymezone
  11. essentially: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. essentially: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. essentially: FreeDictionary.org
  14. essentially: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. essentially: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. essentially: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. essentially: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. essentially: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. essentially: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. essentially: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Essentially: Urban Dictionary

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adverb:  in essence

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