essentially

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Which essentially translates as anyone who lives in the house of the European citizen in the country from which they are moving, regardless of their nationality (which paraphrases Articles 2 & 3 of the directive).

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  1. By reason of natural constitution; in essence: as, minerals and plants are essentially different. That I essentially am not in madness, But mad in craft. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 4. Malvolio is not essentially ludicrous. Lamb, Old Actors. We cannot describe the time of an event except by reference to some other event, or the place of a body except by reference to some other body. All our knowledge, both of time and place, is essentially relative. Clerk Maxwell, Matter and Motion, art. xviii.
  2. In an essential manner or degree; in effect; fundamentally: as, the two statements do not differ essentially. In estimating Shakespeare, it should never be forgotten that, like Goethe, he was essentially observer and artist, and incapable of partisanship. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 152.

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  • Added to this were the internal conditions of the Austrian state which differed essentially from the German Empire of Bismarck. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: General Political Considerations Based on My Vienna Period
  • Aleman said that the United States and other economies were facing an ugly rebuke of Say's Law of Markets - essentially, the "build it and they will come" philosophy that maintains that supply creates its own demand. —  Alanat News
  • The psychological consequences of bullying can result in suicide -- essentially, if you don't take an active stance against bullying when you see it, you could be assisting in it. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
  • This essentially translates to crazy, wacky mails which have rants about subjects ranging from placements to the fairer sex.
  • She's a professional "futurist" - essentially, a lady who's learned how to milk money out of corporate CEOs by telling them about "trends" that she's spotted. —  Gawker
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