as in inherently
by natural character or ability
he's worked hard to be good at baseball, as he's not intrinsically athletic
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Recent Examples of intrinsically
To watch dancing is intrinsically delightful, and Flanagan, without doing anything exceptional with the camera, conveys a spectatorial sense of that delight.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Gin, lime, and cucumber are intrinsically refreshing (see the Eastside Rickey for more examples of this), with the lime oil and the black pepper providing just enough resistance to be interesting.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 7 June 2025
While gin may be intrinsically linked to the United Kingdom these days, there are an untold number of craft distillers across the globe making some fantastic gins loaded with flavor.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
But never has a single campaign been linked so intrinsically to one player as the one just gone.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Gin, lime, and cucumber are intrinsically refreshing (see the Eastside Rickey for more examples of this), with the lime oil and the black pepper providing just enough resistance to be interesting.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 7 June 2025
While gin may be intrinsically linked to the United Kingdom these days, there are an untold number of craft distillers across the globe making some fantastic gins loaded with flavor.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
But never has a single campaign been linked so intrinsically to one player as the one just gone.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrinsically
fundamentally
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Competitive Landscape: The New Rules of Engagement The AI talent market now operates under fundamentally different rules than the broader tech industry.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Unfortunately, that’s not the case here; this bill is fundamentally a re-orientation of the federal government and a change to the social compact that did much to generate American prosperity from the aftermath of the Great Depression through today.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
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