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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

basically

/ˈbeɪsɪk(ə)li/

An illustration for basically

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

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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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)

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