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inherently

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in·her·ent  (n-hîrnt, -hr-)
adj.
Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic.

[Latin inhaerns, inhaerent-, present participle of inhaerre, to inhere; see inhere.]

in·herent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.inherently - in an inherent manner; "the subject matter is sexual activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as inherently desirable and exciting"
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Spanish inherently [ɪnˈhɪərəntlɪ] advintrínsecamente
French inherently [ɪnˈhɪərəntlɪ] adv [easy, difficult] → en soi; [lazy] → fondamentalement
German inherently [ɪnˈhɪərəntlɪ] inherent advvon Natur aus
Italian inherently [ɪnˈhɪərəntlɪ] adv [easy, difficult] → di per, di per se stesso/a;
inherently lazy → pigro di natura

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All the higher impulses of her nature, which had never, from first to last, let her err with impunity -- which had tortured her, before her marriage and after it, with the remorse that no woman inherently heartless and inherently wicked can feel -- all the nobler elements in her character, gathered their forces for the crowning struggle and strengthened her to meet, with no unworthy shrinking, the revelation that had opened on her view.
She had hardly ever said a word to him to produce this impression, but it was a part of her, either a projection of her mysterious and outlandish background or of something inherently dramatic, passionate and unusual in herself.
In common with nearly all races of Barsoom he clung, more or less inherently, to a certain exalted form of ancestor worship, though it was rather the memory or legends of the virtues and heroic deeds of his forebears that he deified rather than themselves.
 
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