When used at the beginning of a sentence, this word is a variety of the 'filler' word basically. Another direct replacement for essentially is technically. Other filler words include like, just, and stuff and y'know, but they tend to be in the middle of or at the end of a spoken sentence. Filler words are rarely used in writing and are part of acquired speech.

Essentially, the leg bone is connected to the hip bone.
Replace the sentence with the less-wordy: The leg bone is connected to the hip bone

Essentially by Exit Ramp June 20, 2004

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Essentially is a word that means essentially nothing. It is a word that dumb ass academic geeks like to use a lot to make them or their "discourse" seem "sophisticated".

If a geek wants his product or company or even himself to sound "sophisticated" he will overuse the word "essentially" to talk about his geeky product.

essentially by Bill Beef August 9, 2025

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