Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • By inherence; inseparably.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb By inherence; inseparably.

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  • adverb In an inherent way; naturally, innately, unavoidably.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an inherent manner

Etymologies

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inherent +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • While I don't find the term inherently condescending, I agree that there was no reason to make a reference to her sex in that context.

    NYT > Opinion 2009

  • On the negative side, the administration is pushing hard for in-sourcing, what I call inherently governmental functions and that has a negative impact on our work.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Unfortunately, I have come across these notions before, many a time, and I dismiss them as not only logically incoherent, but sinister: People do not go around spreading the notion that human life in inherently mindless and meaningless unless they have something in mind, usually something that means trouble.

    MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 1) 2009

  • June 22nd, 2006 at 12: 37 am hogweed says: ittakesavillage wrote: Marriage inherently is discriminatory.

    Think Progress » Religious Right Seeks Unprecedented Constitutional Convention To Ban Gay Marriage Without Congress 2006

  • WordPress inherently is an extensible data management system.

    Websites Pushing WordPress Beyond Its Limits « Lorelle on WordPress 2006

  • (And in President Eisenhower we have a very humble man who inherently is opposed to the magnitude of power that he has to discharge.) Future crises will inevitably transform him into a full-fledged Caesar, if we do not beware.

    Significant Developments in Our American Economy 1957

  • And you did have to say that "Homosexuality IS inherently disgusting to a lot of straight people ... more even than the way we generally use the word inherently, I mean it is REALLY inherent, in that it is positively biological, at the very core of psychology for some (not all) straight people."

    Notes From The Geek Show 2009

  • I wouldn’t go as far as calling the term inherently dishonest, but it was definitely an attempt to create a pejorative based on the pejorative “Hillarycare.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association 2010

  • And you did have to say that "Homosexuality IS inherently disgusting to a lot of straight people ... more even than the way we generally use the word inherently, I mean it is REALLY inherent, in that it is positively biological, at the very core of psychology for some (not all) straight people .... and personally I believe that only a small part of that is society no matter how intolerant and evil society is, and most of it is just natural biology of the brain."

    Notes From The Geek Show 2009

  • I do agree that the problem is starting way before boys reach collage age, but I suspect that the problem in inherently one of discipline, and that’s something that drugs cannot instill in a boy.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Great Moments in Asymmetry 2010

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