basically

Definition

  • adverb: in a general or basic way
  • adverb: at a 'basic' level
  • used to say that something is true or correct as a general statement even if it is not entirely true or correct

Examples

  • There are a few boring parts, but 'basically' [='generally, for the most part'], it's a very good book.

  • There are 'basically' two types of people: those who like chocolate and those who don't.

  • You're 'basically' [='fundamentally'] correct, but there's something you don't know.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Mom took us to the Canary Islands just after she split up with Dad. She was a total party animal. Went to the disco almost every night. My brother and I were basically on our own the whole time. One morning... I woke up and there was this big dude hammering my mother. My heart started thumping (..)
    2015 Virgin Mountain
  • (..) I might have an answer for that. So we know the bellhop claimed the victim stole his cell phone, his computer, basically anything that connected him with the outside world. Yes, by his account, he was dyed purple and then robbed. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Fight in the Fixer Season: 11 Episode 15
  • (..) Look, all dead bodies smell, okay? But dead bodies found in a landfill and covered in leachate, which is basically a viscous trash water, they, uh, they tend to smell worse. When I first started I had to dab peppermint oil (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Movie in the Making Season: 11 Episode 18