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 idea of college becomes intrinsically appealing, and kids choose a school that is well-suited to them.
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Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
They were also intrinsically motivated to learn and less rigid or coercive with their beliefs.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Profit – While money remains a (the) key driver for many organizations, a longer-term and more responsible view recognizes that sustainable profitability is intrinsically linked to the well-being of people and planet.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Vadik is intrinsically involved in all of their lives and they in his.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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Cyndy Etler, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
They were also intrinsically motivated to learn and less rigid or coercive with their beliefs.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Profit – While money remains a (the) key driver for many organizations, a longer-term and more responsible view recognizes that sustainable profitability is intrinsically linked to the well-being of people and planet.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Vadik is intrinsically involved in all of their lives and they in his.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intrinsically
fundamentally
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If the media environment is fragmented, so, too, is the Democratic resistance itself: split, as Kang wrote in this column, in February, among incompatible strategic impulses; severed from a discredited Party establishment but uncertain where to go next; fundamentally leaderless.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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Manufacturing underpins modern technology, yet its core processes haven’t fundamentally changed since the mid-20th century.—
Matthew Putman,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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“Intrinsically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intrinsically. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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