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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v súščnosti",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "в су́щности"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jestʹ",
"sense": "essentially",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "есть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sutʹ",
"sense": "essentially",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "суть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "u biti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "u suštini"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "v podstate"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "esenciálne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "esencialmente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "en esencia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "i grund och botten"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "po súti",
"sense": "essentially",
"word": "по су́ті"
}
],
"word": "essentially"
}
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