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in essence

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1

By nature; inherently.

2

In most ways that matter; in all ways that matter.

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Synonyms

basically essentially fundamentally intrinsically more or less substantially substantively

Antonyms

accidentally by chance circumstantially coincidentally happenstantially incidentally

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-ish -some about actually all but all in all all things considered almost altogether approaching

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