at bottom meaning

Adverb: at bottom

1. In reality
   - at heart, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance

• at the bottom of:    The real origin or ...
• bottom:    Noun: bottom  ...
• (rock) bottom:    [American slang]th ...

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1. but she's tractable at bottom.
2. he's a good fellow at bottom.
3. at bottom i am not a coward.
4. at bottom we knew how intractable the world was.
5. he pretends to be very hard, but he's a kind man at bottom.