TubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “basically”
Hear “basically” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for basically
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of basically with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Restoring the Soul of Business
This is basically a business book.
- Definition summary
- In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce basically
Restoring the Soul of Business

This is basically a business book.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “basically”
Meaning
- [Adverb]
- In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
- Essentially; mostly; pretty much.
- (filler) Used to refer to the most important or fundamental point that the speaker is making or to indicate a generalization or simplification; sometimes tending towards a meaningless filler word.
Practice Nearby Words
fundamentally, essentially, au fond, in essence, fundamental, originally, principle, intrinsically, substantively, materially, principally, principal, practically, inherently, generally, primarily, basic, crucially, literally, really, overall, chiefly, mostly, particularly, mainly, notably, effectively, especially, actually, indeed, critically, essential, predominately, eminently, broadly, substantially, ultimately, predominantly, largely, virtually, genuinely, significantly, almost, nearly, initially, radically, profoundly, foremost, wholesale, simply, capital, bulk, roughly, elementally, rudimentarily, basicly, just, obviously, supposedly, apparently, kinda, totally, usually, probably, normally, sorta, merely, only, typically, still, theoretically, absolutely, also, completely, technically, clearly, specifically, definitely, hardly, which, that, already, meant, ostensibly, seemingly, supposed, always, presumably, exactly, evidently, purportedly, commonly, strictly, nothing, sort, thus, incidentally, necessarily, seems, naturally
Similar Sounds
basically, basicly, baisakhi, bacilli, basica, bossily, basic, basics, biweekly, bicycling, basix, bickley, basely, basale, bi-weekly, bicyclists, bicyclette, bi weekly, bicyclic, buckley, busily, basal, beckley, beausoleil, baisakh, bicycle, beastly, barkley, briskly, bicycles, barclay, brusquely, bigly, bosky, baisley, bigley, be sick, bouzouki, bionically, bicycler, boucle, brickley, brickly, bisley, pacelli, besecker, beighley, bestially, bay city, busick, basilar, busic, bulkley, busky, basic slag, bracingly, piselli, boss key, basico, bicycled, buski, bussola, bacillary, bay willow, passively, pasillo, pasic, passingly, bustle, bisect, bestseller, bissell, bustled, bessel, basle, bussell, bissel, bustles, basile, begley, bustler, bisel, beisel, bosack, basler, bastle, barraclough, bosak, basak, buzzelli, bucklew, bacil, bhosle, baselessly, butt ugly, basalis, besuchen, bitchily