inherently

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈhɛɹəntli/ (US)

Definition of inherently

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In an inherent way; naturally, innately.
    “Rights are inherently in all the inhabitants; but charters, by annulling those rights, in the majority, leave the right, by exclusion, in the hands of a few.”
    “Democrats are quick to say that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are horrible, awful, terrible. But Democrats are also stressing that they are not inherently anti-tariff.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin haereō Latin inhaereō Latin inhaerentembor. English inherent Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English inherently From inherent + -ly.

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