fundamentally Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
    essentially; basically.
    • He is basically dishonest
    • the argument was essentially a technical one
    • for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person

WordNet


Fun`da*men"tal*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke.

Webster 1913