INNATELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does innately mean? 

• INNATELY (adverb)
  The adverb INNATELY has 1 sense:

1. in an innate manner

  Familiarity information: INNATELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INNATELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an innate manner

Context example:

the child is said to be innately disposed to learn language

Pertainym:

innate (present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development)

 Context examples 

My task was a very hard one; but, as I was absolutely resolved—as my cousins saw at length that my mind was really and immutably fixed on making a just division of the property—as they must in their own hearts have felt the equity of the intention; and must, besides, have been innately conscious that in my place they would have done precisely what I wished to do—they yielded at length so far as to consent to put the affair to arbitration.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)