Finnish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adverb edit

oleellisesti

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

Usage notes edit

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 edit