innately

[ ih-neyt-lee, in-eyt-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that is inborn or existent from birth:
I don't think innately social people, especially those who gravitate toward leadership positions, can truly understand the way less socially adept people think, act, and react.
in a way that is inherent or embedded in the nature of something:
Dry areas are innately lower in soil organic matter because they produce less vegetation than wetter areas.

But Diana died, and her sons—understandably, given the ruthless focus on her—innately distrust the media.

These three actors, Australian-bred and innately brooding, comprise the fabulously Hemsworth brothers.

Any organization asking for “purification” from something just feels innately creepy and a little sinister.

He may hail from Kazakhstan, but Borat innately understands the American dream.

Man is innately more prone to good than to evil; and the path of his destiny is upward.

She was most unfortunate, but not innately vicious; we may say so without danger to others.

There had been incipient warfare between those two for years: and they both were innately conscious of it.

I should expect myself to pay the tolls—heavy ones since Im innately a liar, a someway bad lot.

Ordinarily that would not have mattered to me since I am innately keyed and pitched to expect the galvanically unexpected.

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