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 au fond /ofon/

 Au fond  At bottom; fundamentally; essentially.
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 au fond
      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" [syn: basically, fundamentally, essentially,
             in essence]