ELEMENTALLY Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

elementally

adverb

as in essentially

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Recent Examples of elementally Mitski is at her best in this album’s more elementally human moments. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026

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And earlier this week, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for June showed a slight pickup in hiring and quits (an indicator of employee confidence) while layoffs were essentially unchanged.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
The fact that each tally mark was a dollar in the band’s pocket, and that sneaking in was essentially stealing money from them, also didn’t faze us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of essentially

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Salary transparency is fundamentally reshaping how individuals approach their careers, providing unprecedented access to compensation data.

— Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
More often, meaningful disruption occurs when technologies are combined with new workflows, business models, and institutional changes that fundamentally alter how work is organized.

— Adam Schickling, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of fundamentally

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In these moments and others, HOTD has sometimes espoused a form of gender essentialism that suggests Rhaenyra and Alicent are both inherently kinder and better than the men around them.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Still, there’s a sentiment that the Red Sox gave up quickly on a middle infielder with five-and-a-half years of team control remaining, which is inherently more valuable than a reliever with three-and-a-half years of control.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of inherently

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Billy responds that these personal revelations are intrinsically part of the work, and that their collaboration has already begun.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
Heat domes are collections of higher-pressure and intrinsically warmer air stretching through to the upper atmosphere.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

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