Sentence:  It is as follows : `` The usual sensitivity tests showed that the specific qualities of skin-perceptiveness ( pressure , pain , temperature ) , as well as the kinesthetic sensations ( muscular feelings , feelings in the tendons and joints ) , were , as such , <WSD>essentially</WSD> intact , although they seemed , in comparison with normal reactions , to be somewhat diminished over the entire body . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature