by birth

ADVERB

inherently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutionally genetically intrinsically naturally

WEAK

congenitally immanently inseparably natively

ADVERB

naturally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

artlessly but of course by nature candidly casually characteristically customarily freely genuinely habitually impulsively informally innocently openly ordinarily readily unaffectedly unpretentiously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

ADVERB

originally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically formerly

STRONG

primitively

WEAK

at first at the outset at the start by origin first in the beginning in the first place incipiently primarily to begin with

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily

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The majority’s decision in Barbara recounts how before the 14th Amendment’s ratification, Americans followed the long-standing common-law rule making persons born on American soil citizens by birth.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Canadian by birth, a successful business career behind him, he moves to Britain to advance quickly in interwar high society and achieve political preferment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Unsurprisingly, Vance hadn’t done his homework: Both men involved in that crime were British by birth.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

The couple married in 2022, according to a marriage certificate, and Serrano was born in Puerto Rico, making him a US citizen by birth.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

A small man, as hairy as he was homely, he was a Sparr by birth.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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