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
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.
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Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Carbon dioxide is not intrinsically imbalanced.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
We're constantly told that our traits are intrinsically linked to our birth order.
—Alexandra Koster, Refinery29, 11 Sep. 2025
Hardly seems like enough to cow these arrogant companies into behaving, especially when their business model is so intrinsically tied to hoovering up other people’s information and creative work.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Carbon dioxide is not intrinsically imbalanced.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
We're constantly told that our traits are intrinsically linked to our birth order.
—Alexandra Koster, Refinery29, 11 Sep. 2025
Hardly seems like enough to cow these arrogant companies into behaving, especially when their business model is so intrinsically tied to hoovering up other people’s information and creative work.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intrinsically
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrinsically
Adverb
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Cotton or linen blends work if treated with a water-repellant finish (like Scotchgard), while Polyester, nylon, or olefin (polypropylene) are strong, budget-friendly, and inherently stain resistant.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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Sutton doesn’t like the way LLMs are trained, with unsupervised learning from human text followed by a kind of RL using human feedback—because everything the LLM can learn is inherently limited by human knowledge and human preferences.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But both men fundamentally knew Trump was not going to keep at it and remain consistent.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Miami’s 1-4 start has exposed the realization that this Dolphins roster is fundamentally flawed.—
Omar Kelly
Updated October 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Intrinsically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrinsically. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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