as in fundamentally
by natural character or ability
the judge's observation that women are not inherently better at parenting than men
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Recent Examples of inherently
The difficult truth is that hurricanes are complex beasts, inherently difficult to boil down into a single number.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
Since its inception, the film industry in America has reduced the sacred Black spiritual traditions of the enslaved to fodder for horror stories, portraying our magic as inherently chaotic, dangerous, and even evil.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Critics will predictably argue that those two positions are inherently linked; on the opposite side of the political spectrum, oil and gas partisans could point to Gates’ essay as proof that climate hysteria was misguided all along and that fossil use should continue unimpeded.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Grand jury hearings are inherently one-sided.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s nothing inherently wrong with presenting an ambient experience.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
These smart agents can handle everything from price tracking to fraud detection, making transactions faster and inherently more secure.
—Matt Renner, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
That might make the BRICS seem like an inherently anti-Western group.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2025
Read your credit report Credit reports are inherently scary.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2025
Since its inception, the film industry in America has reduced the sacred Black spiritual traditions of the enslaved to fodder for horror stories, portraying our magic as inherently chaotic, dangerous, and even evil.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Critics will predictably argue that those two positions are inherently linked; on the opposite side of the political spectrum, oil and gas partisans could point to Gates’ essay as proof that climate hysteria was misguided all along and that fossil use should continue unimpeded.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Grand jury hearings are inherently one-sided.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
There’s nothing inherently wrong with presenting an ambient experience.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
These smart agents can handle everything from price tracking to fraud detection, making transactions faster and inherently more secure.
—Matt Renner, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
That might make the BRICS seem like an inherently anti-Western group.
—Richard Fontaine, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2025
Read your credit report Credit reports are inherently scary.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inherently
Adverb
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Compared with eating in a restaurant (or even ordering delivery from a restaurant directly), involving a third party fundamentally requires the use of more labor, more infrastructure, more overhead.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Identify fundamentally sound equities or ETFs with steady uptrends and plot their 50-day EMA.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Bronax Road Runner Sneakers The Bronax Road Runner sneakers are perhaps best known for their wide toe box, providing plenty of room for toes to move and splay naturally.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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Anticipating and preparing for war leads quite naturally to accepting its inevitability.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Creature’s sartorial arc was intrinsically tied to that of his creator, Victor Frankenstein, played by Oscar Isaac.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Music and motoring have long been intrinsically linked, and most of us do the majority of listening to our favorite artists when inside a vehicle.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Creature, is a furry, floppy-eared cyclops who sports a slender human third arm but basically looks like a cross between that film’s two main characters.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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All the good and the bad things that could happen are all basically on the shoulders of the audience.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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But Sage essentially struck a Heisman Trophy pose, stiff-arming Shannon from any sort of reconciliation.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Hanai’s skeptical but accommodating wife, Sachiko (Shinobu Terajima), agrees to essentially adopt Kikuo and help train him.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Inherently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inherently. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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