Essentially
Essentially adverb - In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
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Synonyms for Essentially
Likely to and essentially are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Likely to" instead an adverb "Essentially".
Likely to
Essentially and likely to are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Essentially" instead an adverb phrase "Likely to".
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Related pairs
- much and essentially
- much and likely to
- nearly and essentially
- nearly and likely to
- practically and essentially
- practically and likely to
- about and essentially
- about and likely to
- all but and essentially
- all but and likely to
- around and essentially
- around and likely to
- in effect and essentially
- in effect and likely to
Both terms in one sentence
- In Attack on Titan, the way the military works essentially guarantees that the people who are the most qualified to fight Titans are also the ones least likely to ever fight them.
Source: Inherent in the System -
Zeroth Law Rebellion: Describes how Colossus/Guardian decided to essentially enslave humanity; they concluded humans were too likely to destroy themselves, and thus needed their protection.
- To hit the nail in the coffin, the Crusader summon is essentially a more powerful, non-elemental Meltdown spell, and therefore is very likely to kill off the entire party.
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