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Webster 1913 Edition
Intrinsically
In-trin′sic-al-ly
,adv.
Internally; in its nature; essentially; really; truly.
A lie is a thing absolutely and
intrinsically
evil. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intrinsically
INTRIN'SICALLY
,adv.
A lie is a thing absolutely and intrinsically evil.
Definition 2024
intrinsically
intrinsically
English
Adverb
intrinsically (comparative more intrinsically, superlative most intrinsically)
- In an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 16, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- 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.
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Translations
in an intrinsic manner, internally, essentially
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References
- intrinsically in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- intrinsically in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913