Used in a Sentence

inherently

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for inherently.

Editorial note

There's a powerful argument that technical work is inherently creative, but creative work without the technical is something else entirely.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

In an inherent way; naturally, innately.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of inherently gathered in one view.

adverb

In an inherent way; naturally, innately.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for inherently.

adverb

In an inherent way; naturally, innately.

Example sentences

1

There's a powerful argument that technical work is inherently creative, but creative work without the technical is something else entirely.

2

Just because your idea doesn't make you any money doesn't make it any more inherently moral or immoral.

3

Windows XP had no UAC and most users were surfing as admin, which was inherently more insecure.

4

I don't really see where an API is inherently political.

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Vietnam was a proxy war, it's inherently about not letting the enemy gain land or an ally in a certain territory.

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This inherently involves solving a lot of big problems, many of which are novel.

7

Well the assumption here is that we've got something we're measuring with a steady mean and either inherently noisy variation or some measurement error on top.

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Any theory which predicts that math/physics/cs/EE has few women is inherently flawed if it doesn't also predict that medicine/law/advertising have plenty of women.

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But femininity itself is not inherently weak, or silly, or frivolous, or bad.

10

I like the argument and Django Girls, but the article seems to act like some things are inherently feminine.

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The tag bits are only non-zero when non-pointer data is packed into the pointer, and in that case you inherently need special handling anyway.

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Productisation inherently has to overcome the fundamental energy density problem: with photosynthesis, you've got an upper limit of about 300W/m2 that you can ever capture.

Quote examples

1

Morals are relative and so nothing is "inherently moral" though I don't want to confuse you by disagreeing with you on this point.

2

Which is where it becomes "inherently immoral ".

3

That's not "inherently immoral" in my view.

4

I wish you would explain how advertising is "inherently immoral".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use inherently in a sentence?

There's a powerful argument that technical work is inherently creative, but creative work without the technical is something else entirely.

What does inherently mean?

In an inherent way; naturally, innately.

What part of speech is inherently?

inherently is commonly used as adverb.