All 3 Uses of
essential
in
Lonesome Dove
- Unfortunately no medical man had taken an interest in the town since, and Augustus and Call, both of whom had coped with their share of wounds, got called on to do such surgery as was deemed essential.†
Chpt 1-2essential = necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something
- For years Call had looked at life as if it were essentially over.†
Chpt 7-8 *essentially = basically (in all important respects; or relating to the basic nature of something)
- He, himself, didn't have it in day-to-day life, but he could summon it when it seemed essential.†
Chpt 93-94essential = necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something
Definition:
necessary or important; or a basic and defining part of something