Basically

Definition: Basically

Basically

Adverb

1. At bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "basically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Synonyms: Basically

Crosswords: Basically

The bill basically said that his daughters could not drive in a Convertible on public highways (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

I've been on a diet everyday since I was nineteen, which basically means I've been hungry for a decade (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

So, basically what you're saying is 95% of the population is undatable (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

We're all basically primeval slime with ideas above its station (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

I'm sure that doctor's a very sweet man, basically. (The Cannonball Run; writing credit: Brock Yates)

I mean basically, I just think I'm gonna (Just Be A Man About It; performing artist: Toni Braxton)

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. (references; author: Woody Allen)

Bette Davis - A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Basically Academic (reference)

• Basically Bach: A 300th Birthday Celebration (reference)

• Basically Blue: A Collection of Blueberry Recipes (reference)

• Basically Brilliant Knits (reference)

• Basically Kaypro: Programming the 2, 4 and 10 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Basically Speaking (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Basically Bass (reference)

• Basically Johnny Moped (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Nautical chart of New York Harbor, ca. 1924 New style chart with yellow land, blue water, and colored buoys Basically, this is the format for NOAA nautical charts today. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Tape contact at end of comparator Basically calibrating steel tapes - first use of steel measuring tapes by C&GS Nine bases being measured on 98th Meridian by base line party under A.L. Baldwin Fig. No. 14, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 260. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Setting up a Raydist tower Preparing the gin pole - basically a large lever arm Party off of wire drag vessels WAINWRIGHT and HILGARD Photograph #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Diagram of wiredrag operations ca. 1980 Basically the same system as devised in the early Twentieth Century. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Artist's conception of the AEROS meteorological satellite system. Basically, this is the concept for the GOES series of satellites. In: "Plan for a National Meteorological Satellite System", produced by the National Coordinating Committee for Aviation Meteorology, April 1961. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Treatment is basically avoiding the food(s) after it is identified. (references)

Although alcohol abuse is basically different from alcoholism, many effects of alcohol abuse are also experienced by alcoholics. (references)

Although they are necessary in their own right, genes basically wait inside the cell's nucleus (control center) for other molecules to come along and read their messages. (references)

Business

However, basically you need to report what you are shipping and their prices. (references)

There is still an official exchange rate, which is basically only a reference figure. (references)

In 1996, the output of vulcanizing agents reached 45,700 tons and basically met local market demand. (references)

Children

Kiribati

Accessibility for persons with disabilities has not been mandated; accommodations for persons with disabilities are basically nonexistent. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

Inward capital flows are basically unrestricted. (references)

Brazil

There are basically two distinct agricultural areas. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

Chile's intellectual property regime is basically strong. (references)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Government Procurement Practices: The Dominican Republic has a centralized Government Procurement Office, but the procurement activities of this office are basically limited to expendable supply items of the government's general office work. (references)

MEXICO

Additionally, U.S. companies have reported the Mexican laboratories are requiring that the products tested and certified meet the rules of origin with which Mexico has a free trade agreement, basically tying rules of origin to conformity assessment. (references)

Trade

Germany

Germany has a basically non-discriminatory, well-developed financial services infrastructure. (references)

Greece

The banking and financial sectors have been liberalized considerably since 1987, primarily because of directives from the EU, and are now basically free of state interference. (references)

Uruguay

Basically, labels must contain a description in Spanish of the main ingredients of a product, its country of origin, expiration date and the full name and address of the Uruguayan importer. (references)

Travel

Trinidad

Dress is basically American in style. (references)

Honduras

The northern part of the country is basically hot and humid the whole year. (references)

Uzbekistan

While foreign women are allowed in, the chai-khonas basically serve as a men's club where they congregate and talk. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

në themel, në parim (in principle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏جوهريا (essentially, substantially, ultimately), ‏أساسيا (essentially, ultimately). (various references)

Bulgarian 

в основата си (essentially, fundamentally, ultimately). (various references)

Chinese 

基本上 (on the whole). (various references)

Czech

v základì, v podstatì (essentially, fundamentally, in substance). (various references)

Danish

stoev med lavt indhold af bjergartsmel viser sig paa lungernes roentgenbillede som punkter ( p-typen ), hvorimod stoev rigt paa bjergartsmel viser sig som smaa mikroskopiske knudeformede skygger af typen m (low-dirt dusts led to pinhead(p-type)opacities whereas high-dirt dusts gave rise to basically micronodular opacities(m-type)). (various references)

Dutch

bij een roentgenfoto-opname van stof met een laag gehalte aan inerte bestanddelen vertoonde het schaduwbeeld als regel stipvorming(p-type),was daarentegen het gehalte aan inerte bestanddelen hoog,dan vertoonde het schaduwbeeld micronodulatie,d.w.z.knobbel (low-dirt dusts led to pinhead(p-type)opacities whereas high-dirt dusts gave rise to basically micronodular opacities(m-type)). (various references)

Finnish

pohjimmiltaan. (various references)

French

fondamentalement, au fond. (various references)

German

im grunde (at bottom, essentially, fundamentally). (various references)

Greek 

βασικώσ, βασικά (at heart). (various references)

Hungarian

alapvetõen (fundamentally), alapvetően (essentially, fundamentally, vitally), alapjában (fundamentally). (various references)

Italian

praticamente (practically), fondamentalmente (ultimately). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

基本的に . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きほ�"てきに. (various references)

Korean 

기본� �으로 (fundamentally). (various references)

Pig Latin

asicallybay.(various references)

Portuguese

basicamente. (various references)

Romanian

fundamental (base, basic, capital, essential, fundamental, fundamentally, main, prime, principal, ultimate, vital). (various references)

Russian 

в своей основе, в основном (chiefly, largely, on the whole, par excellence), по существу (essentially, in essence, per se, pithily, pointedly, substantially, to the point). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bazično, u osnovi (main: in the main). (various references)

Spanish

básicamente, fundamentalmente (fundamentally, ultimately). (various references)

Swedish

i grund och botten (at bottom, essentially, in essence, under the skin). (various references)

Thai

โ�"ยพื้นฐาน (essentially). (various references)

Turkish

temel olarak, kökünden (radically, rootedly), esasında (at bottom, fundamentally, in substance), aslında (actually, at bottom, at heart, au fond, essentially, in fact, in first place, in itself, in reality, in sober fact, in very deed, indeed, originally, primarily, really, substantially, verily, virtually). (various references)

Turkmen 

esasan. (various references)

Ukrainian

у своїй основі (radically), в основному (above all, chiefly, in the main), по суті (as good as, essentially, in effect, materially, morally, per se, substantially). (various references)

Vietnamese 

về cơ bản, cơ bản (basal, basic, capital, elementary, fundamental). (various references)

Misspellings

"Basically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: basical, basicaly, basicily, basiclly, Boticelli, Kasenally. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: scalably, syllabic.

-2 letters: basally, labials, salably, syllabi.

-3 letters: aliyas, allays, ballsy, bialys, cabals, callas, labial, lacily, laical, lilacs, scilla.

-4 letters: abaci, acyls, albas, alias, aliya, allay, asyla, baals, bails, balas, balls, bally, balsa, basal, basic, basil, bialy, bills, billy, cabal, calla, calls, clays, labia, laics, lilac, salal, salic, sally, scall, scaly, sibyl, silly, slily.

+2 letters: syllabicate.

+3 letters: decasyllabic, subglacially, syllabically, syllabicated, syllabicates.

+4 letters: ballistically, bombastically, decasyllabics, sybaritically, syllabicating, syllabication.

+5 letters: crystallizable, syllabications, urbanistically.