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Definition
necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something
- Only Nahtan remains essentially himself, the same man however you look at him.Book 3 — Judges (70% in)
- Anatole's students did essentially the same, displaying a constant impulse to educate him about democracy and human rights—arrogant sophomores!Book 5 — Exodus (69% in)
- All human odes are essentially one.Book 5 — Exodus (89% in)
There are no more uses of "essential" in The Poisonwood Bible.
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