Fundamentally

Definition: Fundamentally

Fundamentally

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".

Date "fundamentally" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Fundamentally

Synonyms: au fond (adv), basically (adv), essentially (adv), in essence (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Greatness	Adverb: truly; (truth); decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience; for the most part, in the main.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Fundamentally

English words defined with "fundamentally": Dimorphous, disparate ♦ larva ♦ Trimorphism. (references)

Specialty definitions using "fundamentally": event horizon ♦ FASE ♦ gravimetric method, gravitational method, grown diode, grown junction, grown-junction diode ♦ strategic planning. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Remember, fundamentally people are suckers for the truth -- and the truth is on your side, Bubba. (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison) I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)
Lyrics	Fundamentally he can't take it. (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Fundamentally Flawed (reference) Fundamentally Sound: Understanding Our Faith (reference) Fundamentally Speaking (reference) Perceptanalysis: The Rorschach Method Fundamentally Reworked, Expanded, and Systematized (reference) School of Assassins: The Case for Closing the School of the Americas and for Fundamentally Changing U.S. Foreign Policy (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Fundamentally Funky [IMPORT] (reference) Fundamentally Sound (reference) View of Human Nature As Fundamentally Go [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Author	Quotation
Judith Plaskow	Human beings are fundamentally communal; our individuality is a product of community, and our choices are shaped by our being with others.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Marbury v. Madison	1803	When an instrument organizing fundamentally a judicial system, divides it into one supreme, and so many inferior courts as the legislature may ordain and establish; then enumerates its powers, and proceeds so far to distribute them, as to define the jurisdiction of the supreme court by declaring the cases in which it shall take original jurisdiction, and that in others it shall take appellate jurisdiction; the plain import of the words seems to be, that in one class of cases its jurisdiction is original, and not appellate; in the other it is appellate, and not original. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		There are fundamentally no barriers to trade and investment in the tourism industry, but newcomers to the market should be aware of the increasing strictness of the environmental provisions and, most importantly, of the ubiquitous policy of black empowerment. (references)
Discrimination	Kiribati	Society is fundamentally egalitarian and has no privileged class. (references)
Economic History	Sri Lanka	Criminal law is fundamentally British. (references)
	Switzerland	The country is politically stable with a fundamentally strong economy. (references)
Human Rights	Ecuador	Then-President Jamil Mahuad proposed changes in December 1999, which Congress accepted in January 2000. The new Code went into effect in July, and fundamentally changed the criminal justice system from an inquisitorial system to an accusatorial system. (references)
	Hong Kong	After the clarification, which did not fundamentally alter the court's decision, the Government sought a reinterpretation of the Basic Law provisions at issue in the case from the NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC). The NPCSC's reinterpretation meant that the ruling by the Court of Final Appeal, which remained in force for the abode claimants involved in the case, would not apply to those with similar abode claims. (references)
Political Economy	DENMARK	Despite projected economic growth rates of less than two percent annually in 2001 and 2002, the Danish economy is fundamentally strong, with comfortable public budget and balance of payments surpluses. (references)
Political Rights	Belarus	On September 9, a presidential election was held in which Lukashenka was reelected for a further term in a process that the OSCE described as fundamentally flawed. (references)
	Hong Kong	In both the 1998 and 2000 elections, the functional constituencies were drawn more narrowly than the nine broad functional constituencies of the 1995 Legislative Council, as the total number of potential voters in functional constituencies was reduced from 1.15 million in 1995 to 180,000 in 1998. Human rights groups contend that the election of functional constituency representatives by so few persons is fundamentally undemocratic. (references)
Trade	Spain	The Bank of Spain bases Spain's money market fundamentally on the issuance of short-term securities, which are taken up by banks, finance companies and money market operators. (references)
Travel	Malaysia	In general, business customs in Malaysia do not differ fundamentally from those in the United States. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	That system would not have survived from generation to generation if it had not been fundamentally sound and provided the best instrumentalities for the most complete expression of the popular will.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	The time has now come for a fundamentally different approach--for a new realism that is true to the great principles upon which this Nation was founded.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Fundamentally" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.77% of the time. "Fundamentally" is used about 867 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	99.77%	865	8,186
Noun (proper)	0.23%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	867	N/A

Expression using "fundamentally": fundamentally wrong. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "fundamentally"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		thellësisht (deeply, inly, very), rrënjësisht, krejtësisht (all, altogether, cap-a-pie, completely, entirely, hard, hollow, perfectly, purely, quite, through and through, to a frazzle, utterly). (various references)

Arabic		‏في الواقع (actually, as a matter of fact, as good as, by sheer force, de facto, factually, in effect, in fact, indeed, rather, reality, really, truly, truth), ‏في الأساس (mainly), ‏أساسا (principally). (various references)

Bulgarian		в основата си (basically, essentially, ultimately), по начало. (various references)

Chinese		� �本上 (essentially). (various references)

Czech		v podstatì (basically, essentially, in substance). (various references)

Danish		pneumoconosis opstaar hovedsageligt ved vedvarende stoevpaavirkning og derved af maengden af finstoev som indaandes i tidens loeb (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust). (various references)

Dutch		het ontstaan van pneumoconiose is voor een belangrijk deel een gevolg van het cumulerend effect van de stofinwerking en dus van het in de loop van de tijd geproduceerd inadembaar fijn stof (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust). (various references)

Finnish		pohjaltaan (at bottom). (various references)

French		fondamentalement, essentiellement, en vérité. (various references)

German		im grunde (at bottom, basically, essentially). (various references)

Greek		ουσιαστικά (essentially, virtually). (various references)

Hebrew		ביסו�"יות (fast, thoroughly), ביסו�"ו. (various references)

Hungarian		alapjában véve (at bottom, on the whole, substantially), alapvetően (basically, essentially, vitally), alapjában (basically). (various references)

Italian		la comparsa della pneumoconiosi è da imputare principalmente all'effetto cumulativo della polvere che agisce sui polmoni e cioè alla quantit� di polvere fine inalabile prodotta nel corso del tempo (and thus is affected by the amount of respirable dust available over a period of time, pneumoconiosis developes fundamentally from the cumulative effect of dust), diodo a giunzione accresciuta (a two-terminal device whose characteristics are fundamentally those of a grown junction, grown diode, grown junction, grown-junction diode). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		性悪説 (the view of human nature as fundamentally depraved), 性善説 (belief that human nature is fundamentally good). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せいぜ�"せつ (belief that human nature is fundamentally good), せいあくせつ (the view of human nature as fundamentally depraved). (various references)

Korean		기본� �으로 (basically). (various references)

Manx		veih'n fraue, dy bunneydagh (vitally). (various references)

Pig Latin		undamentallyfay

Portuguese		fundamentalmente (ultimately). (various references)

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

Russian		в корне, в основе. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		fundamentalno. (various references)

Spanish		fundamentalmente (basically, ultimately). (various references)

Swedish		odlad diod (a two-terminal device whose characteristics are fundamentally those of a grown junction, grown diode, grown junction, grown-junction diode), odlad övergång (a two-terminal device whose characteristics are fundamentally those of a grown junction, grown diode, grown junction, grown-junction diode), grundfalsk (fundamentally wrong). (various references)

Thai		โ�"ยเป็นรากฐาน. (various references)

Turkish		esasen (au fond, essentially, radically, substantially), esasında (at bottom, basically, in substance), esas olarak, aslen (essentially, intrinsically, originally), özlü bir şekilde. (various references)

Ukrainian		істотно (essentially, materially, substantially), в основі, докорінно. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Fundamentally" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fundamentale. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "fundamentally" (pronounced fu'ndume"ntulē or fu'ndume"nulē)
8	-u m e" n t u l ē	experimentally, incrementally, monumentally, temperamentally.
7	-m e" n t u l ē	developmentally, environmentally, mentally.
6	-e" n t u l ē	accidentally, coincidentally, continentally, incidentally.
5	-n t u l ē	governmentally, horizontally, jauntily, scantily.
4	-t u l ē	anecdotally, brutally, digitally, fatally, hastily, haughtily, heartily, mightily, mortally, nattily, subtly, testily, totally, vitally, wittily.
3	-u l ē	abnormally, abysmally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, diagonally, diametrically, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, morally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
4	-n u l ē	additionally, conditionally, congressionally, constitutionally, conventionally, criminally, diagonally, diurnally, educationally, emotionally, eternally, exceptionally, externally, finally, fractionally, functionally, generationally, gravitationally, institutionally, intentionally, internally, internationally, irrationally, marginally, medicinally, nationally, nominally, nutritionally, occasionally, operationally, originally, personally, phenomenally, professionally, proportionally, provisionally, rationally, regionally, seasonally, serenely, subliminally, terminally, traditionally, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, unintentionally.
3	-u l ē	abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, confidentially, conspiratorially, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, cordially, crazily, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, eerily, electrically, electronically, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, ethically, eventually, experimentally, exponentially, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, gainfully, generally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, intellectually, intrinsically, involuntarily, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, normally, novelly, officially, oligopoly, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, provincially, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, readily, regally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-f-l-l-m-n-n-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: fundamental.
	-4 letters: fundament, landaulet, mundanely.
	-5 letters: annually, annulate, annulled, dentally, faunally, feudally, flatland, flaunted, fluently, lunately, manfully, manually, mentally, tallyman, tallymen, unfallen.
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