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Inherently

Definition: Inherently

Inherently

Adverb

1. 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": holdreferential. (references)
Specialty definitions using "inherently": compensated regulated, configuration programmingEnterprise JavaBeansinherently optional token, inherently safePrice elasticity of demandunexplained variation. (references)

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Modern Usage: Inherently

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Inherently

DomainTitle

Books

  • Government Contractors: Are Service Contractors Performing Inherently Governmental Functions? (reference)

  • Inherently Conducting Polymers: Processing, Fabrication, Applications, Limitations (reference)

  • Inherently conductive polymers (reference)

  • Inherently Parallel Algorithms in Feasibility and Optimization and their Applications (reference)

  • Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: A Life Cycle Approach (Center for Chemical Process Safety (Ccps).) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Inherently

AuthorDateQuotation

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Inherently

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Inherently

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%42713,408

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Inherently

Expressions using "inherently": inherently optional token inherently safe. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Inherently

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

flame inherently retardant

6

function government inherently

5

government inherently

4

good inherently man

2

dissipative inherently polymer

2
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Modern Translation: Inherently

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Inherently

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

naturaliter. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Inherently

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).

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Rhyming with "Inherently"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "inherently" (pronounced inhi"runtlē or inhe"runtlē)
8-h i" r u n t l ēincoherently.
6-r u n t l ēapparently, coherently, differently, flagrantly, transparently.
5-u n t l ēabundantly, 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 ēbluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly.
3-t l ēabruptly, 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 ēapparently, transparently.
6-r u n t l ēcoherently, differently, flagrantly, incoherently.
5-u n t l ēabundantly, 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 ēbluntly, jointly, faintly, gently, intently, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly.
3-t l ēabruptly, 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.

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Anagrams: Inherently

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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