innately

[ ih-neyt-lee, in-eyt-lee ]

/ ɪˈneɪt li, ˈɪn eɪt li /

adverb

in a way that is inborn or existent from birth: I don't think innately social people, especially those who gravitate toward leadership positions, can truly understand the way less socially adept people think, act, and react.

in a way that is inherent or embedded in the nature of something: Dry areas are innately lower in soil organic matter because they produce less vegetation than wetter areas.

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Origin of innately

innate + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM innately

un·in·nate·ly, adverb

Words nearby innately

innage, in name only, innards, innate, innate immunity, innately, innateness hypothesis, innate releasing mechanism, inner, inner automorphism, inner bar

Example sentences from the Web for innately

You need a little companyThe apparitions in movies like The Grudge and The Amityville Horror will stop at nothing to chase down their human victims, but ghosts aren’t innately terrifying.
Why do we see ghosts?|Jake Bittle|October 6, 2020|Popular Science
But Diana died, and her sons—understandably, given the ruthless focus on her—innately distrust the media.
If Kate Middleton’s Butt Could Speak: It’s Time Royal Princesses Led Visible, Voluble Public Lives|Tim Teeman|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These three actors, Australian-bred and innately brooding, comprise the fabulously Hemsworth brothers.
Luke, Chris, and Liam: Your Guide to the Fabulous Hemsworth Brothers|Anna Klassen|August 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He may hail from Kazakhstan, but Borat innately understands the American dream.
Sacha Baron Cohen's 9 Wildest Moments|The Daily Beast Video|July 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Man is innately more prone to good than to evil; and the path of his destiny is upward.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
But it is not that alone—the sense, the feeling of liberty, is too innately dear to the soul of man to be parted with as a toy.
Richelieu, v. 2/3|G. P. R. James
It is impossible to legislate modesty into a person who is innately immodest, and it is therefore useless to try and do so.
Nonsenseorship|G. G. Putnam and Others
But she knew that he was too innately untrustful, unloving, to be saved by an act of faith.
Captivity|M. Leonora Eyles
That the Buccaneer was innately a most pious man there can be little if any doubt; he had none himself.
The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer|Richard Clynton

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