intrinsically

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

intrinsically

adverb more intrinsically · most intrinsically

  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.
  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 scarc

Similar: essentially, in and of itself, inherently, innately, intrinsically, naturally, per se · Opposite: extrinsically

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: per se, as such, inherently, inherent, naturally, fundamentally, basically, internally, essentially, quintessentially, really, nature, truly, integrally, substantially, closely

Translations

Every language

adv in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially

Españolintrínsecamente
한국어본질적으로 bonjiljeogeuro
日本語本来 honrai, 元来 ganrai, 元々 motomoto
中文本质上地, 内在地 nèizàidi, 本質上 /本质上
Portuguêsintrinsecamente
Françaisintrinsèquement
Deutschwirklich, wesentlich, eigentlich
Italianointrinsecamente
Românăintrinsec
Русскийпо су́ти po súti, по существу́ po suščestvú, в су́щности v súščnosti, вну́тренне vnútrenne

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"intrinsically." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/intrinsically. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

intrinsically. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/intrinsically

Chicago

"intrinsically." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/intrinsically.

BibTeX
@misc{intrinsically_2026,
  title = {intrinsically},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intrinsically},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}