Basically is an English word with synonyms like fundamentally or essentially. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Basically in a sentence
Basically meaning
- In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
- Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
- Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
Synonyms of Basically
Using Basically
- The main meaning on this page is: In a fundamental, essential or basic manner. | Essentially; mostly; pretty much. | Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
- Useful related words include: fundamentally, essentially, in essence, au fond.
- In the example corpus, basically often appears in combinations such as: is basically, basically the, was basically.
Context around Basically
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Basically
- In this selection, "basically" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, year, leo, shutdowns, pushed, getting and got stand out and add context to how "basically" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 is basically a 30 and 2020 you basically just expect. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "basically" sits close to words such as cameras, mount and situations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with basically
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So it basically kept us from having, basically a total meltdown. (11 words)
A basically secular gathering hall, the VFW can be rented for anything. (12 words)
Adoption is basically nothing for the general population(vs say smartphones or laptop/PC). (14 words)
And it was basically, instead of the Hollywood actor trying to deliver the scene in some kind of Hollywood actor way, I was basically Otis saying, get out of the way with all your self consciousness and you’re tripping over lines and everything. (44 words)
Afterward, Kirk explains that he used to play 3D chess all the time with his first officer "until she got sick of losing," and that "flat" chess is basically for idiots, revealing that he's much more of a nerd than La'an expected. (44 words)
So basically, you’re using it thinking you’re still going to owe this money at the end of it, because at this point in time, in 2020, you basically just expect that the worst thing that can possibly happen will happen. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
And this year basically, the management reviewed the guidance, or basically pushed one year forward.
He’ll win Iowa, win New Hampshire, win South Carolina, and he’ll basically all but be the nominee, and basically be there, and then he’s going to get convicted before he goes to the RNC Convention in July.
I was told that since I had had prime for a long time (basically since the first year of prime), and had spent something like 100k with them in total, policy was basically not to give me a hard time.
The restaurant is basically getting a ton of free press now and Leo basically got out of there scot-free.
The shutdowns basically shut down the economy as well: the same kind of unexpected shock that we saw in the GFC, with basically the same results.
And in a classified memo just before he left, Secretary Esper basically argued against going down any further until the Taliban showed reason, you know, that they were - you know, they were basically fulfilling the obligations of the agreement.
So basically, you’re using it thinking you’re still going to owe this money at the end of it, because at this point in time, in 2020, you basically just expect that the worst thing that can possibly happen will happen.
So it basically kept us from having, basically a total meltdown.
And it was basically, instead of the Hollywood actor trying to deliver the scene in some kind of Hollywood actor way, I was basically Otis saying, get out of the way with all your self consciousness and you’re tripping over lines and everything.
Basically, a strike authorization vote is when, ideally, all members of the union basically agree to go on strike if members of the bargaining committee deem it appropriate to do so.
So that basically shows you, but the key thing is to basically see what blessing we can learn and how can we transform this from a blessing to a curse.
A basically secular gathering hall, the VFW can be rented for anything.
According to him, the manufacturing sector survives basically on the raw materials imported into the country, stating that the manufacturing industry is helpless if the government doesn’t ease the processes.
Act 1 is basically a 30-hour tutorial level — and I don’t mean that as a slight.
A cycle with a magnetic drive will be much quieter than one with a friction resistance system, and basically won't need any maintenance over its life span — but the upfront cost might be more.
Additionally, this passive basically reduces HotA's resource cost by refunding 6 Fury on each non-consecutive cast.
Adoption is basically nothing for the general population(vs say smartphones or laptop/PC).
A dumbed down version of my understanding on what Cass does is that it basically helps big companies pay their bills and keep track of their money.
Afterward, Kirk explains that he used to play 3D chess all the time with his first officer "until she got sick of losing," and that "flat" chess is basically for idiots, revealing that he's much more of a nerd than La'an expected.
Again, my issue is that for 3 years, basically nobody was talking aloud about these things.
Common combinations with basically
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is basically 28×
- basically the 21×
- was basically 13×
- are basically 8×
- it basically 7×
- he basically 6×
- and basically 5×
- to basically 5×
- basically all 4×
- basically you 4×