Essentially
Essentially adverb - In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
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Something like and essentially are semantically related In some cases you can use "Something like" instead an adverb "Essentially".
Something like
Essentially and something like are semantically related in for all practical purposes topic. You can use "Essentially" instead an adverb phrase "Something like".
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Related pairs
- nearly and essentially
- nearly and something like
- almost and essentially
- almost and something like
- practically and essentially
- practically and something like
- about and essentially
- about and something like
- around and essentially
- around and something like
- basically and essentially
- basically and something like
- in effect and essentially
- in effect and something like
Both terms in one sentence
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A specific example is in the 1970s story arc where he was more or less out of funds altogether, and became essentially a lone-wolf terrorist — approximately something like a (more) villainous version of V in V for Vendetta.
Source: Comicbook / Red Skull -
Blue Seed ended up with something like this, although it was very well foreshadowed, right down to the fact that the Aragami themselves are essentially mutated plants.
Source: Green Aesop - Emperor Doom features something like this, with Doctor Doom using the enslaved Purple Man to essentially brainwash the world into accepting him as its ruler.
Source: And Then What?
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Something like and Essentially. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/essentially/something_like
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Something like or Essentially. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/essentially/something_like.
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