grundsätzlich

Grundsatz +‎ -lich

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁʊntˈzɛtslɪç/, /ˈɡʁʊntˌzɛtslɪç/

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• Hyphenation: grund‧sätz‧lich

grundsätzlich (strong nominative masculine singular grundsätzlicher, comparative grundsätzlicher, superlative am grundsätzlichsten)

1. based on principle
2. fundamental, elementary, principial

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• Grundsätzlichkeit

grundsätzlich

1. in principle, as a rule (but with exceptions)
2. absolutely, categorically (without exception)

• The word is ambiguous, though the sense “in principle” is commoner. To some degree the distinction is one of intonation. For example, the phrase Das tue ich grundsätzlich nicht would be understood as “In principle, I don’t do that” when the words grundsätzlich and nicht are equally stressed, but as “I absolutely never do that” when there is strong stress on grundsätzlich.

• “grundsätzlich” in Duden online
• “grundsätzlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache