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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Fundamentalmente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fundamentalmente

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fundamentally/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl.i/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Fundamentalmente, o problema está na comunicação."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a fundamental or essential manner; at the most basic level.

    "Fundamentally, the issue lies in the lack of communication."
  2. 2

    Used to emphasize the basic nature of something.

    "The two theories are fundamentally different."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin fundamentalis, based on fundamentum meaning foundation, which traces back to fundus meaning bottom or base. It evolved through French into English during the late 16th century, acquiring the suffix -ly to form an adverb indicating something relating to the core essence or base of a matter.

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