intrinsically

adverb

in·​trin·​si·​cal·​ly in-ˈtrin-zi-k(ə-)lē 

-ˈtrin(t)-si-

: in an intrinsic manner : by natural character : in itself

an intrinsically difficult language

intrinsically evil/valuable

The media do not have to go along with the pretense that there is something intrinsically virtuous about a movement with no leaders.

—David Carr

While etymologies of such terms are intrinsically interesting, they can also serve one of the aims of critical pedagogies …

—Jennifer Beech

Environmentalists have tended to treat big buildings as intrinsically wasteful, because large amounts of energy are expended in their construction, and because the buildings place intensely localized stresses on sewers, power lines, and water systems.

—David Owen

Synonyms

• inherently
• fundamentally

Examples of intrinsically in a Sentence

he's worked hard to be good at baseball, as he's not intrinsically athletic

Recent Examples on the Web

The market has been buoyed by the promise of artificial intelligence—which is intrinsically linked to the success if Nvidia—sparked in part because of the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 July 2025

These individuals had similar attachments, goals and romantic interests to those of intrinsically motivated people. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025

Many of these problems seem intrinsically difficult, but computer scientists haven’t been able to prove it. —Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2025

Many Ukrainians see this civic surge as intrinsically linked with the attritional violence on the front lines; if these values are not protected at home, then what are the troops fighting for? —Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above