fundamentally
adverb
fun·da·men·tal·ly
ˌfən-də-ˈmen-tᵊl-ē 
: with regard to what is basic, essential, or fundamental : at a fundamental level
a fundamentally honest person
a fundamentally new/different approach
Most theories of the internal structure of Venus begin with the assumption that the planet is fundamentally similar to the earth …—
Andrew and Louise Young
: in a basic or fundamental manner
Andrew and Louise YoungThis "disposable" work force is the most important trend in business today, and it is fundamentally changing the relationship between Americans and their jobs.—Janice Castro
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Instead, manager Aaron Boone had to answer another round of questions about his fundamentally inept club.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Racing drivers will always want more grip, but the addition of aerodynamics to push cars down onto the track surface can fundamentally change the racing, and not always in a way that makes for an entertaining spectacle for the audience.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2025
Perhaps something good can come out of the city’s baffling 2016 decision to acquire the decrepit building without any seeming awareness that, in 2014, a consultant for its previous owner had called it fundamentally obsolete and cited asbestos contamination.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
That guidance, issued earlier in July, threatened to fundamentally change the concept of third-party collectives, which were established in 2021 as the main source of NIL deals for players.
—Eddie Pells, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025
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Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Racing drivers will always want more grip, but the addition of aerodynamics to push cars down onto the track surface can fundamentally change the racing, and not always in a way that makes for an entertaining spectacle for the audience.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2025
Perhaps something good can come out of the city’s baffling 2016 decision to acquire the decrepit building without any seeming awareness that, in 2014, a consultant for its previous owner had called it fundamentally obsolete and cited asbestos contamination.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
That guidance, issued earlier in July, threatened to fundamentally change the concept of third-party collectives, which were established in 2021 as the main source of NIL deals for players.
—Eddie Pells, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for fundamentally
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“Fundamentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fundamentally. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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