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intrinsically en · ADV

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Etymology

Etymology tree English intrinsic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English intrinsically From intrinsic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.
   • The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • What cannot be commoditized because it is intrinsically inaccessible to commodification? 2021 September 25, Charles Hugh Smith, Are We Really So "Rich"? A New Way of Defining Wealth:
2. Necessarily
   • Like in the case of living languages, the classification of substrate elements as belonging to a certain language family shmould ideally be based on morphological as well as lexical evidence. The difference with living languages is however that the available material for substrate languages is scarcer, especially in the morphological domain, and intrinsically transmitted indirectly through the language that replaced it. 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 39:
   • I think the kind of hi-lo, low tax / blue collar coalition PP is running this time, it intrinsically leads to inferior outcomes regardless of party policymakers intent 2025 April 5, @chow_global, X:

Forms

Antonyms

extrinsically

Deriveds

intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell

Relateds

fundamentally · inevitably · internally · intrinsicality · intrinsic

Synonyms

in and of itself · naturally · innately · per se · intrinsically · inherently · essentially

Translations (38)

hu eredendően (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ru по существу́ (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · pl nieodłącznie (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ja 元々 (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · de eigentlich (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · wa divintrinnmint (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · hu természeténél fogva (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · es intrínsecamente (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · cs skutečně (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ru в су́щности (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ca intrínsecament (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · nl wezenlijk (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · fi olennaisesti (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · de wesentlich (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ko 본질적으로 (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · tr doğası gereği (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · pl zasadniczo (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · pl wewnętrznie (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · it intrinsecamente (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ru по су́ти (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ja 元来 (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · fi luonnollisesti (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ro intrinsec (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ru вну́тренне (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · cmn 本质上地 (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · pt intrinsecamente (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · de wirklich (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · cs vnitřně (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · cmn 内在地 (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · fi itsessään (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · nl intrinsiek (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · hu önmagában (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · gl intrinsecamente (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · cmn 本質上 /本质上 (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ka შინაგანად (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · fr intrinsèquement (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · nl innerlijk (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially) · ja 本来 (in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially)