AU FOND - Definition

Pronunciation:		ow'fong
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adv] at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

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	Synonyms:	basically, essentially, fundamentally, in essence


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Au` fond"\ [F., lit., at the bottom.] At bottom; fundamentally; essentially.