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fundamentally

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fun·da·men·tal  (fnd-mntl)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary: the fundamental laws of the universe.
b. Forming or serving as an essential component of a system or structure; central: an example that was fundamental to the argument.
c. Of great significance or entailing major change: a book that underwent fundamental revision.
2. Physics
a. Of or relating to the component of lowest frequency of a periodic wave or quantity.
b. Of or relating to the lowest possible frequency of a vibrating element or system.
3. Music Having the root in the bass: a fundamental chord.
n.
1. Something that is an essential or necessary part of a system or object.
2. Music The first harmonic in a harmonic series; the lowest harmonic.
3. Physics The lowest frequency of a periodically varying quantity or of a vibrating system.

funda·mental·ly adv.
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Adv.1.fundamentally - in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

fundamentally
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Spanish fundamentally [fʌndəˈmɛntəlɪ] advfundamentalmente
French fundamentally [fʌndəˈmɛntəlɪ] advfondamentalement
German fundamentally [fʌndəˈmɛntəlɪ] fundamental advim Grunde;
(radically) → von Grund auf

Italian fundamentally [fʌndəˈmɛntəlɪ] advessenzialmente, fondamentalmente

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The natures of those two winds that share the dominions of the great oceans are fundamentally different.
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
The true rule is to ascertain that the match is fundamentally a good one, and then to take it for granted that all minor objections, should there be such, will vanish, if you let them alone.
 
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