fundamentally
fun-duh-MEN-tuh-lee/ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəli/
- 1At the deepest, most essential level; in a way that reaches the core of the matter rather than its surface details.
Their approaches to solving the problem are fundamentally incompatible.
The discovery fundamentally altered how scientists understood the disease.
Similaressentially, basically, inherently, profoundly, radically
Oppositesuperficially
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Origin
Formed from the adjective "fundamental" with the adverb-forming suffix "-ly".