intrinsicallyadv.
/ɪnˈtrɪnsɪkəli/ In an intrinsic manner or relation.† 1. Internally, inwardly, within (literal and figurative).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb]
inneOE
innerlyc1330
ina1400
interially?a1475
inwardly1483
intrinsically1584
internally1598
interiorly1759
insidely1803
inside1824
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iv. iv. 77 Intrinsecallie they represse the courage.
a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 106 The lesse he shewed without, the more it wrought intrinsecally, according to the nature of suppressed passions.
1667 ‘Rege Sincera’ Observ. Burning of London 32 Which if it be not dried up, doth moisten all porous things intrinsecally.
2. By, or in relation to, the inner nature of the thing: in itself; inherently, essentially.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb]
subjectively?a1450
subjectlyc1475
interiouslya1513
habitually1597
substantively1598
inhesivelyc1600
inherently1601
intrinsically1602
interiorly1633
substantially1642
immanently1657
specificallya1676
internally1819
inwardly1884
1602 T. 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.
1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas xvi. 176 This Law is a transcendent Law, for it is found intrinsecally in all Lawes.
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 20 Do I only make a fair shew, and am intrinsecally no better than a Rascal?
1712 Spectator No. 292. ⁋1 A Diamond may want polishing, though the Value be still intrinsically the same.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 310 We know the protection to be intrinsically worthless.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 508 (note) There is nothing intrinsically improbable in it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
adv.1584