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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
basically
/ˈbeɪsɪk(ə)li/
adverb
in the most important ways even if not completely true
- “He was basically on his phone the entire time.”Tatoeba
- “Basically, a language is an agreement between the people who use it.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)