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intrinsically

intrinsically adverb: in an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.

Adverb

intrinsically (comparative more intrinsically, superlative most intrinsically)

  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...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 intent2025 April 5, @chow_global, X

Examples of intrinsically in a sentence

  • These hearsay claims are intrinsically undocumentable.
  • Reading a wimmelbook thus becomes an intrinsically rewarding act of experiencing oneself and the world.
  • “Grilling is intrinsically healthy and really keeps those calories in check,” says grillmistress Elizabeth Karmel.

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Synonyms of intrinsically

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of intrinsically

Forms of intrinsically

comparativemore intrinsically
superlativemost intrinsically

Origin of intrinsically

From intrinsic + -ally.

Words formed from intrinsically

Phrases with intrinsically

Questions about intrinsically

What does intrinsically mean?
Intrinsically means in an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.
What part of speech is intrinsically?
Intrinsically is an adverb.

Words near intrinsically in the dictionary

  1. intrinsic value
  2. intrinsic values
  3. intrinsical
  4. intrinsicalities
  5. intrinsicality
  6. intrinsically
  7. intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
  8. intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells
  9. intrinsicalness
  10. intrinsick
  11. intrinsicness

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