essentially

essentially
adv.
Essentially is used with these adjectives: ↑alien, ↑arbitrary, ↑autonomous, ↑complementary, ↑complete, ↑concerned, ↑conservative, ↑constant, ↑correct, ↑defensive, ↑distinct, ↑equal, ↑equivalent, ↑humanitarian, ↑identical, ↑independent, ↑instrumental, ↑intact, ↑irrelevant, ↑isolated, ↑liberal, ↑masculine, ↑meaningless, ↑negative, ↑novel, ↑passive, ↑powerless, ↑pragmatic, ↑random, ↑rational, ↑religious, ↑same, ↑separate, ↑similar, ↑static, ↑subjective, ↑subordinate, ↑trivial, ↑true, ↑unaffected, ↑unchanged, ↑unlimited, ↑useless, ↑worthless
Essentially is used with these verbs: ↑confine, ↑consist, ↑disappear, ↑eliminate, ↑ignore

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