AT BOTTOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does at bottom mean? 

• AT BOTTOM (adverb)
  The adverb AT BOTTOM has 1 sense:

1. in reality

  Familiarity information: AT BOTTOM used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT BOTTOM (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In reality

Synonyms:

at bottom; at heart; deep down; in spite of appearance; inside

Context example:

she is very kind at heart

 Context examples 

I know you are a good man at bottom, and I dare say not one of the lot of you's as bad as he makes out.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“On the other hand, I would not have given her the name which I have the honour to bear”—he gave a little stately cough—“had I not thought her to be at bottom a noble woman.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)