in essence

== English == === Prepositional phrase === in essence By nature; inherently. Synonyms: essentially, substantively, substantially, basically, fundamentally, intrinsically; see also Thesaurus:intrinsically, Thesaurus:fundamentally Antonyms: circumstantially, happenstantially, incidentally, coincidentally, by chance, accidentally; see also Thesaurus:accidentally 1913, Edward Lee Thorndike, Educational Psychology, Teachers college, Columbia university, page 92: If the human being who answers these tendencies assumes a submissive behavior, in essence a lowering of head and shoulders, wavering glance, absence of all preparations for attack, general weakening of muscle tonus, and hesitancy in movement, the movements of attempt at mastery become modified into attempts at the more obvious swagger, strut and glare of triumph. (by extension) In most ways that matter; in all ways that matter. Synonyms: essentially, substantively, substantially, basically, fundamentally, more or less; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally, Thesaurus:mostly ==== Translations ====