Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • By birth; naturally; originally.

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

  • adverb By natural or original condition; naturally; originally.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In the manner of a native.
  • adverb computing, of software Pertaining to the computer or architecture in question.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

native +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • CrossOver, a commercially-modified version of the free WINE platform that lets Linux and Mac users run Windows apps semi-natively, is giving away free licenses for all their products today.

    CrossOver Mac And Linux Products Free Today Only | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • If wordpress. com no longer implements that feature natively, is it possible to use a plugin or javascript referer?

    Top Posts for October 2005 « Lorelle on WordPress 2005

  • 11: 06PM Kevin Purdy | CrossOver, a commercially-modified version of the free WINE platform that lets Linux and Mac users run Windows apps semi-natively, is giving away free licenses for all their products today.

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • To that end, the other thing the iPad has over JooJoo is that app developers can tap into the hardware natively, which is why Fusion Garage is introducing APIs to let web developers get at the JooJoo hardware, like to use the accelerometer for gaming.

    JooJoo Is A Go Go | CurveHouse.com 2010

  • One thing, Vijay, this is Karl, I mentioned to you, you asked about 10 gig, capitalize on 10 gig and the next version of our VIPRION blade, the Centaur Blades we call it, natively supports 40 gig out of the shoe.

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  • To that end, the other thing the iPad has over JooJoo is that app developers can tap into the hardware natively, which is why Fusion Garage is introducing APIs to let web developers get at the JooJoo hardware, like to use the accelerometer for gaming.

    Gizmodo 2010

  • "Sony is the undisputed leader in 3D," stated Hirai, promising that we'd be seeing PlayStation 3 titles natively in 3D by March of 2011.

    Marketnews Latest News 2010

  • - A potentially revolutionary way to stream next-gen video games to hardware technically too underpowered to run those titles natively, thin client OnLive might be the best thing to happen to gaming since, well, the Internet.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

  • There is an open question in psychology whether depressed people exhibit greater reality testing, natively, which is why they are depressed, or if depression leads to less mania and hypothesis generation, which leads to better reality testing.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • There is an open question in psychology whether depressed people exhibit greater reality testing, natively, which is why they are depressed, or if depression leads to less mania and hypothesis generation, which leads to better reality testing.

    BlueOregon 2009

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