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Definition: Inherently |
InherentlyAdverb1. In an inherent manner; "the subject matter is sexual activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as inherently desirable and exciting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inherently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Crosswords: Inherently |
| English words defined with "inherently": hold ♦ referential. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "inherently": compensated regulated, configuration programming ♦ Enterprise JavaBeans ♦ inherently optional token, inherently safe ♦ Price elasticity of demand ♦ unexplained variation. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There's something inherently disappointing about success (Topsy-Turvy; writing credit: Mike Leigh) It could mean that, that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance (Back to the Future Part II; writing credit: Ronnie Cramer) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | The atmosphere and environment of incommunicado interrogation as it exists today is inherently intimidating, and works to undermine the privilege against self-incrimination. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Scientists admit, however, that because these cases are so rare, not much is known about them. Most of the XXYY males who have been studied were referred to treatment because they were violent and got into trouble with the law. It is not known whether XXYY males are inherently aggressive by nature, or whether only a few extreme individuals come to the attention of researchers precisely because they are aggressive. (references) | |
Business | From articles printed in the newspapers, one would think KEPCO was inherently corrupt. (references) | |
The condensed population and local economies of major cities have an inherently advanced direct sales network that easily attracts urban consumers who can afford higher-end health products. (references) | ||
Revenue collection has been inherently poor and inefficient, but with the continuing transformation of this sector there is now a greater emphasis on introducing more efficient and effective revenue collection systems. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Botswana | When opposition politicians complained about this, the Government initially countered that the activities of ministers and other government figures were inherently more newsworthy and therefore deserving of more coverage. (references) |
Economic History | Uzbekistan | The involvement of state bodies in commerce, including those with regulatory authority, produces inherently anti-competitive pressures. (references) |
Uzbekistan | The premise of this program depends on hard currency profits from the export of raw cotton, which is inherently less than the profit from textile export. (references) | |
Trade | Mexico | It is not at all unusual, and experience indicates that, with prudent credit review practices, open account sales in Mexico need not be inherently risky. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Inherently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inherently" is used about 427 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 427 | 13,408 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "inherently": inherently optional token ♦ inherently safe. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flame inherently retardant | 6 |
function government inherently | 5 |
government inherently | 4 |
good inherently man | 2 |
dissipative inherently polymer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inherently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 固有地 (innately). (various references) | |
Danish | inhærent valgfrit tegn (inherently optional token), naturligt fakultativt token (inherently optional token), naturligt fakultativt mærke (inherently optional token). (various references) | |
Dutch | inherent optioneel token (inherently optional token), inherent optioneel teken (inherently optional token). (various references) | |
French | symbole optionnel spécifique (inherently optional token), chose fondamentalement dangereuse (inherently dangerous thing). (various references) | |
German | angeboren (inborn, innate, native, congenital, connate, congenitally, inbred, inherent). (various references) | |
Greek | ενδογενώς προαιρετικό αδειοπλαίσιο (inherently optional token). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vele járóan, benne rejlően. (various references) | |
Italian | Intrinsecamente sicuro (inherently safe), simbolo inerentemente opzionale (inherently optional token). (various references) | |
Korean | 고유하게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inherentlyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | intrinsecamente seguro (inherently safe), inerentemente seguro (inherently safe), símbolo opcional inerente (inherently optional token). (various references) | |
Romanian | în mod inerent. (various references) | |
Russian | в сущности (in effect). (various references) | |
Spanish | inherentemente seguro (inherently safe), testigo inherentemente opcional (inherently optional token). (various references) | |
Swedish | naturligt valfritt tecken (inherently optional token). (various references) | |
Turkish | doğuştan (congenital, congenitally, inborn, inbred, innate, native, natural, naturally, trueborn), doğasında, doğal olarak (as a matter of course, innately, intrinsically, naturally). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | naturaliter. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Inherently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inherantly, inherintly, inherrantly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inherently" (pronounced inhi"runtlē or inhe"runtlē) |
| 8 | -h i" r u n t l ē | incoherently. |
| 6 | -r u n t l ē | apparently, coherently, differently, flagrantly, transparently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
| 7 | -e" r u n t l ē | apparently, transparently. |
| 6 | -r u n t l ē | coherently, differently, flagrantly, incoherently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-l-n-n-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: entirely, inherent, lientery. | |
-3 letters: ethinyl, hennery, hyenine, inertly, innerly, interne, lenient, neither, ninthly, theelin, therein, thinner. | |
-4 letters: eerily, either, entire, ethyne, herein, hinter, inhere, intern, lenity, lenten, lierne, lineny, linnet, linter, lither, nether, ninety, nitery, relent, reline, rennet, retile, retine, tenner, theine, thinly, tinner, triene, yeelin. | |
-5 letters: elint, elite, enter, entry, ether, ethyl, eyrie. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-l-n-n-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: hearteningly, incoherently. | |
+3 letters: threateningly. | |
+4 letters: heartrendingly. | |
+5 letters: dishearteningly, interchangeably, phenylketonuria, phenylketonuric. | |
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