Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fundamentally

/fˌʌndəmˈɛntəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: fun-da-men-tal-ly
IPA: /fˌʌndəmˈɛntəli/

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.

Example Sentences

"What the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a nonaddict."
"Hanks is known as being an avid reader of history and biography, and seems to seek out stories which offer a certain optimism and humanism. In other words, he plays – fundamentally – good people."
"On Tuesday, a proposal to fundamentally restructure the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020 was soundly defeated, a setback that even many Democrats acknowledged could be laid at the feet of the “defund the police” movement that some within the party embraced last summer."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fundamental Middle English -ly English -ly English fundamentally From fundamental + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more fundamentally (comparative) most fundamentally (superlative)

Phrases

in summary

Frequently Paired Words

actually in summary mostly

Synonyms

basically essentially at bottom at heart au fond by definition deep down fundamentally in effect in essence in the end in the final analysis

Rhymes With

accidentally mentally incidentally environmentally coincidentally experimentally monumentally temperamentally ornamentally continentally

Questions

How do you pronounce fundamentally?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˌʌndəmˈɛntəli/.
What does fundamentally mean?: In a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
Where does fundamentally come from?: Etymology tree English fundamental Middle English -ly English -ly English fundamentally From fundamental + -ly.

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