Essentially

Examples

• In many great respects he was essentially below them. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The idea of a Supreme Being who watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is essentially the idea of the people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Our modern numerals are Arabic; our arithmetic and algebra are essentially Semitic sciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was essentially solemn and I had never known him when we were alone to laugh at anything. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The rent of houses, though it in some respects resembles the rent of land, is in one respect essentially different from it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He performed the real task of a leader--a task which has essentially two dimensions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Rousseau's work was essentially demoralizing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are what politics must deal with essentially, now that it has found a way. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• With all organic beings, excepting perhaps some of the very lowest, sexual reproduction seems to be essentially similar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• And it may not surprise the reader to learn that the philosophy of the Catholic Church was essentially a Realist philosophy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Paris was dry, and essentially boring. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Would you not say that thirst is one of these essentially relative terms, having clearly a relation-- Yes, thirst is relative to drink. Plato. The Republic.
• It is clear that the earliest civilized governments were essentially priestly governments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The revolt of the princes was essentially an irreligious revolt against the world-rule of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For the change is essentially a change in the quality of mental disposition--an educative change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They held that there was something in a name, in a common noun that is, that was essentially real. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• These devices were essentially toys, depending for their successful operation (as is the case with motion pictures) upon a physiological phenomenon known as persistence of vision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• What we do know is that it has most essentially altered the face of affairs, and that no visible limit yet appears beyond which its progress is seen to be impossible. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This method of cutting was essentially wrong, and none of the machines ever appeared to have gained or long retained the favor of the farmers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Generalization is essentially a social device. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But he represented them very essentially, they were far behind, out of date, squabbling for their material equality. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They were all essentially alike, the differences were only variations on a theme. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was essentially a college of learned men engaged chiefly in research and record, but also to a certain extent in teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is essentially a gem for the wealthy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Such action is essentially capricious, and leads to capricious habits. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But, Miss Potterson, as a ready schoolmistress accustomed to bring her pupils to book, set the matter in a light that was essentially of this world. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I don't know that I thought it very reasonable; but I thought it very delightful, and essentially a part of their character. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was essentially a part of the English culture. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The end gained is the same, but the means, though appearing superficially to be the same, are essentially different. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I trust that the development of Africa is to be essentially a Christian one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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