oleellisesti

Finnish

Etymology

oleellinen (“essential, fundamental”) +‎ -sti (“-ly”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoleːlːisestiˣ/, [ˈo̞le̞ːlːiˌs̠e̞s̠ti(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -esti
• Syllabification^(key): o‧leel‧li‧ses‧ti

Adverb

oleellisesti

1. fundamentally

   Tämä ongelma on oleellisesti erilainen. ― This problem is fundamentally different.

Usage notes

oleellisesti is often translated incorrectly as "essentially". The words "essentially" and "fundamentally" are often misleadingly listed as synonyms in dictionaries, but the use of "essentially" in the following sentence would change its meaning completely and would say the opposite, that the problem is different though it looks similar: "This problem is fundamentally different."

Further reading

• “oleellisesti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03