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at bottom
Basically; ultimately. I know John can be annoying, but at bottom he's a good person.
at bottom
Fundamentally, basically; also, in reality. For example, He may speak somewhat bluntly, but at bottom he's always honest. Charles Dickens used this idiom in Nicholas Nickleby (1838): "He's a good pony at bottom." [Early 1700s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Heather | | HE-dhər | English |
Teal | | TEEL | English (Rare) |
Ackary | | ['ækəri] | |
Heike | | HIE-kə (Low German, Dutch) | Low German, Frisian, Dutch |
Macarius | | - | Late Greek (Latinized) |
Divina | | - | English (Rare) |