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  1. adv. Essentially.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. with regard to fundamentals although not concerning details

Examples

  • “The experiment was complex, but in essence what they found was that the morphine and the TIQs were knocking naloxone molecules out of the receptor sites and replacing them.”

    Simon & Schuster: Alcohol and The Addictive Brain

  • “The kabalistic approach is in essence mathematical.”

    Simon & Schuster: THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD

  • “Flinx would have looked away from the admonishing ship-mind, except that in essence he was inside it.”

    Running from the Deity

  • “Hence it follows, that when the Scripture reveals the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost to be one God, seeing it necessarily and unavoidably follows thereon that they are one in essence (wherein alone it is possible they can be one), and three in their distinct subsistences”

    A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity

  • “The figure is intended to be strikingly reminiscent of a complex electronic or computer-logic circuit, because in essence that is what genetic circuits are.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Edge of Evolution

  • “Not only is it a coldblooded economic propaganda, but it is in essence a religious propaganda with a fervor in it of Paul and Christ.”

    Revolution

  • “Being emotionally unavailable is in essence when someone lacks what we call emotional intelligencethe ability to recognize how you and others feel and to use the information to create relationships.”

    Simon & Schuster: What Men Say, What Women Hear

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