Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By inherence; inseparably.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By inherence; inseparably.
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- adverb In an
inherent way;naturally ,innately ,unavoidably .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an inherent manner
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Examples
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While I don't find the term inherently condescending, I agree that there was no reason to make a reference to her sex in that context.
NYT > Opinion 2009
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On the negative side, the administration is pushing hard for in-sourcing, what I call inherently governmental functions and that has a negative impact on our work.
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Unfortunately, I have come across these notions before, many a time, and I dismiss them as not only logically incoherent, but sinister: People do not go around spreading the notion that human life in inherently mindless and meaningless unless they have something in mind, usually something that means trouble.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 1) 2009
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June 22nd, 2006 at 12: 37 am hogweed says: ittakesavillage wrote: Marriage inherently is discriminatory.
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WordPress inherently is an extensible data management system.
Websites Pushing WordPress Beyond Its Limits « Lorelle on WordPress 2006
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(And in President Eisenhower we have a very humble man who inherently is opposed to the magnitude of power that he has to discharge.) Future crises will inevitably transform him into a full-fledged Caesar, if we do not beware.
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And you did have to say that "Homosexuality IS inherently disgusting to a lot of straight people ... more even than the way we generally use the word inherently, I mean it is REALLY inherent, in that it is positively biological, at the very core of psychology for some (not all) straight people."
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I wouldn’t go as far as calling the term inherently dishonest, but it was definitely an attempt to create a pejorative based on the pejorative “Hillarycare.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association 2010
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And you did have to say that "Homosexuality IS inherently disgusting to a lot of straight people ... more even than the way we generally use the word inherently, I mean it is REALLY inherent, in that it is positively biological, at the very core of psychology for some (not all) straight people .... and personally I believe that only a small part of that is society no matter how intolerant and evil society is, and most of it is just natural biology of the brain."
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I do agree that the problem is starting way before boys reach collage age, but I suspect that the problem in inherently one of discipline, and that’s something that drugs cannot instill in a boy.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Great Moments in Asymmetry 2010
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