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fundamentally adverb

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Definition

in a basic and important way
Our new managing director has reorganized the company a bit, but nothing has fundamentally changed/altered (= its basic character has not changed).
I still believe that people are fundamentally good.
I disagree fundamentally with what you're saying.

(Definition of fundamentally adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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