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 of intrinsically

• 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

Conceding that women might be intrinsically better at musical game design, Harrison immediately undercuts this notion with the claim that women are overly concerned with details, and that is why their games tend to be more complex. —JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2025

That meant, with season four being intrinsically tied to Dominion, Chaos Theory’s final nine episodes were able to weave their plot and characters into the events of the movie. —Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025

There is an emergent view among cognitive psychologists that episodic memories are intrinsically visual in nature and, effectively, the brain is re-tasking the navigational parts that include knowing landmarks and their relative positions as a means of organizing memories. —Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025

Their relationship is both intrinsically unequal and romantic, one of many fraught attachments in Laing’s historical novel. —Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above