innately

[ih-nayt-lee, in-ayt-lee] / ɪˈneɪt li, ˈɪn eɪt li /

ADVERB

by nature, inherently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

by birth by nature constitutionally essentially fundamentally inherently intrinsically natively naturally

STRONG

by definition congenitally elementally implicitly inalienably inalterably integrally necessarily

WEAK

endogenously in one's bones instinctively instinctually

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accidentally adventitiously by accident extrinsically incidentally nonintrinsically

STRONG

by chance exogenously extraneously not necessarily superficially

WEAK

now and then occasionally sometimes

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innately

Humans are innately wired to value effort, said Greg Hahn, the co-founder and chief creative officer of advertising agency Mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

I feel like I know a lot of people who might just casually buy into conspiracies, almost innately.

From Slate ● May 7, 2026

And as off-putting as it may be, this rebellion from pleasant form is innately, delightfully feminine.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

It feels like I’m not even almost entirely there yet, and I will innately know, “Oh my God, I’ve arrived.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

So if sumo wrestlers, schoolteachers, and day-care parents all cheat, are we to assume that mankind is innately and universally corrupt?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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