FUNDAMENTAL, FUNDAMENTALLY
ADJECTIVES
► BASAL fundamental → 1865
► CAKES-AND-COFFEE basic, fundamental → 1900s US sl.
► HARDPAN basic, fundamental; conservative → 1870 Amer. dial.
► NITTY-GRITTY fundamental, basic → 1964 orig. African-American
ADVERBS
► BASALLY as a basis, fundamentally → 1882
NOUNS
► NITTY the fundamentals, the essentials → 1987 US sl.
► NITTY-GRITTY the fundamentals, the essentials, the basics → 1942 orig. African-American
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