fundamentally

adverbB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,998 of 15,258leans written

Fundamentally means at the deepest level. Fundamentally different, fundamentally flawed, fundamentally it is simple.

It claims the difference is one of kind rather than degree, which is a strong claim and often an overstated one. Fundamentally flawed is the standard verdict when something cannot be fixed by adjustment.

Definitions of fundamentally

1adverbfundamentallyAt the deepest level.B2+
“The two parties use different words, but their plans are fundamentally the same.”

fundamentally is a manner.

Where it comes from

Latin
fundāmentālis
Middle English
foundamental,fundamental
English
fundamental
English, today
fundamentally

Built from

fundō · Latin — to lay the foundation (of something), to found
fundus · Latin — bottom

From fundamental + -ly. fundamental comes from Middle English foundamental,fundamental, from Latin fundāmentālis, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn. by surface analysis, fundament + -al.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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