intrinsically

C2
US /ˌɪnˈtrɪnsɪkəli/
adv Freq #53776

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    In an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.

    The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

  2. 2
    adv

    Necessarily

    Like in the case of living languages, the classification of substrate elements as belonging to a certain language family shmould ideally be based on morphological as well as lexical evidence. The difference with living languages is however that the available material for substrate languages is scarcer, especially in the morphological domain, and intrinsically transmitted indirectly through the language that replaced it.

  3. 3
    adv

    with respect to its inherent nature

Etymology

From intrinsic + -ally.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adv · with respect to its... as suchin and of itselfper se
Opposites
extrinsically
Word family
Related forms fundamentallyinevitablyinternallyintrinsicintrinsicality

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