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intrinsically, adv.|ɪnˈtrɪnsɪkəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In an intrinsic manner or relation.
†1. Internally, inwardly, within (lit. and fig.).
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. iv. iv. (1886) 61 Intrinsecallie they represse the courage. a1639Wotton Life Dk. Buckhm. in Reliq. (1651) 106 The lesse he shewed without, the more it wrought intrinsecally, according to the nature of suppressed passions. 1667Obs. Burn. Lond. in Select. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 456 Which, if it be not dried up, doth moisten all porous things intrinsically.
2. By, or in relation to, the inner nature of the thing: in itself; inherently, essentially.
1602T. Fitzherbert Apol. 46 a, The which kind of worship by publik sacrifice..proceedeth so intrinsecally from the very grounds and principles of nature it selfe. 1644Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings xvi. 176 This Law is a transcendent Law, for it is found intrinsecally in all Lawes. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. i. i. 172 Do I only make a fair show, and am intrinsecally no better than a Rascal? 1712Spect. No. 292 ⁋1 A Diamond may want polishing, though the Value be still intrinsically the same. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Europe iv. ii. 310 We know the protection to be intrinsically worthless. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvi. 508 note, There is nothing intrinsically improbable in it. |