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 The melting of Mimas is intrinsically tied to its orbit. Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025 This enhancement stems from band convergence and valence band flattening without compromising the intrinsically low thermal conductivity, as per the study. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025 The work itself is not necessarily going to be especially intrinsically rewarding. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Current defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has had experience in his coaching career with players who are intrinsically motivated as well as others who need an extra push or help coming up with a plan. Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intrinsically
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Adverb
  • Such rote, nakedly procedural appeals inherently reek of moral relativism to the extent they are not grounded at all in any substantive conception of good and bad, or right and wrong.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Global opportunity, and the freedom and choice that come with it, is an inherently American value.
    Alex Ohnona, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • Identify fundamentally sound equities or ETFs with steady uptrends and plot their 50-day EMA.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Intrinsically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrinsically. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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