by nature

ADJECTIVE

dogmatic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assertive categorical pragmatic reasoned

WEAK

a priori as a matter of course authoritarian authoritative axiomatic by fiat by natural law canonical deducible deductive derivable doctrinaire doctrinal eternal excathedra formal imperative inevitable on faith oracular orthodox peremptory positive prophetic systematic theoretical unchangeable unerring unqualified

Antonyms

WEAK

ambiguous amenable doubtful doubting dubious equivocal flexible fluctuating indecisive manageable not positive obedient questioning skeptical submissive uncertain vacillating

ADVERB

naturally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

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by nature

"All this comes with true excitement about the beauty, elegance, and refinement found in and produced by nature."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

“Some seasons are better, with lower attack rates and lower morbidity, and other seasons, just by nature of the changes in the viruses, are worse, with more hospitalizations and more deaths,” Sood said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The joint resolution that the House and Senate passed the previous week had, by nature, no binding effect.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

A spoof film, by nature, is always going to be a bit scrappy.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Sellswords were treacherous by nature, she reminded herself.

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

by nature

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