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Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-trin-sik, -zik
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtrɪn sɪk, -zɪk



Definition of intrinsically

Origin :
  • late 15c., "interior, inward, internal," from Middle French intrinsèque "inner" (13c.), from Medieval Latin intrinsecus "interior, internal," from Latin intrinsecus (adv.) "inwardly, on the inside," from intra "within" (see intra-) + secus "alongside," originally "following" (related to sequi "to follow;" see sequel). Meaning "belonging to the nature of a thing" is from 1640s. Related: Intrinsicly.
  • As in per se : adv essentially
  • As in basically : adv fundamentally
  • As in essentially : adv basically
  • As in inherently : adv innately
  • As in subjectively : adv internally
Example sentences :
  • Nevertheless Lincoln will be credited for what intrinsically is not his.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • It is true, again, that Pope's reasoning is intrinsically feeble.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
  • All this, surely, was intrinsically right, wrong only in its direction.
  • Extract from : « The English Spy » by Bernard Blackmantle
  • It was as bare as a prison cell, which intrinsically it was.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • They differ widely in vesture; yet look at them intrinsically.
  • Extract from : « Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Their standard of living, on the other hand, is intrinsically lower.
  • Extract from : « The Cost of Living Among Wage-Earners » by National Industrial Conference Board
  • As we know, facts are not intrinsically consistent in their succession.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Intrinsically you may be far greater than I, but we do not deal with comparisons.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • Yet the Hecatompathia is remarkable, both historically and intrinsically.
  • Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury
  • Whether it be really a diamond or an emerald, it is intrinsically of equal worth.
  • Extract from : « Foot-prints of Travel » by Maturin M. Ballou

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