Fundamentally \Fun`da*men"tal*ly\, adv. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. ``Fundamentally defective.'' --Burke.
fundamentally adv : at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person" [syn: {basically}, {essentially}, {in essence}, {au fond}]