D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Essentially

/ĕs-ĕn'-shəl-ē/ · Es·sen·tial·ly · IPA /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/
01 adv. In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.
  1. 1.
    In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.