Definitions for basically

basically ba·si·cal·ly

Spelling: [bey-sik-lee]
IPA: /ˈbeɪ sɪk li/

Basically is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in basically (aabcillsy).

Definitions for basically

adverb

  1. fundamentally.

Origin of basically

First recorded in 1900-05; basic + -ally

Examples for basically

You were basically the guy to do every dictator or crazy character, from Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad to Bin Laden.

Mistletoe is basically a vampire—but one of those an anti-hero type vampires.

“[It was basically] a room with no view,” as R metaphorically put it.

basically, anyone can use it as soon as he puts it on for the first time.

Since you all know what we think it basically should be, there is no need to repeat it.

“They basically said thanks a lot and shook our hands and took off,” Stammberger said.

The democracy of Fair Play was basically the fair play of democracy.

And I would never have believed that you are basically modest.

“basically, I was contacted and asked if an appeal could be opened on my behalf,” she told me from her home in Providence.

On the other hand, this raid was, and would be, basically a diversionary tactic.

Word Value for basically
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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