intrinsically

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Definition of intrinsically

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. 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.”
    “What cannot be commoditized because it is intrinsically inaccessible to commodification?”
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adv

  1. 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.”
    “What cannot be commoditized because it is intrinsically inaccessible to commodification?”
  2. 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.”
    “I think the kind of hi-lo, low tax / blue collar coalition PP is running this time, it intrinsically leads to inferior outcomes regardless of party policymakers intent”

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Etymology

From intrinsic + -ally.

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