Fundamentally
/ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adverbIn a basic and essential way.
Extra definitions
adverbAt the deepest level.
adverbStating a main truth.
adverbIn a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
Sentence Examples
The systems are fundamentally different.
Fundamentally, safety comes first.
The reform fundamentally changed education.
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Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“What the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a nonaddict.”
— 2000 June 24, Michael Massing, “Seeing Drugs as a Choice Or as a Brain Anomaly”, in The New York Times:
“Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people.”
— 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The systems are ____ different.