how to pronounce essentially

/ɛˈsɛnʃəliː/

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essentially is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of essentially in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and here we are essentially we all know …”

meanings of essentially

adverb:

In an essential manner; in essence.

essentially frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word essentially occurs in english on average 30.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics essentially can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that essentially can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;