adverb
in reality
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she is very kind at heart
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phrasal also at the bottom : basically, really, essentially : in reality
he was at bottom modest and cautious — H.J.Muller
a world familiar and close but at bottom unknown — Carlo Levi
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at bottom
Fundamentally
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Main Entry: ↑bottom
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used when explaining the basic cause or nature of something
Most of these arguments are, at bottom, motivated by a fear of change.
Main entry: bottom
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at bottom, science is exploration
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at bottom
chiefly Brit : in reality : ↑really
The song is, at bottom [=in truth], a lullaby.
He is very shy, at bottom.
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Main Entry: ↑bottom
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at bottom idiom
used to say what sb/sth is really like
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Their offer to help was at bottom self-centred.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.