INTRINSICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intrinsically mean? 

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

1. with respect to its inherent nature

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRINSICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With respect to its inherent nature

Synonyms:

in and of itself; intrinsically; per se

Context example:

this statement is interesting per se

Pertainym:

intrinsic (belonging to a thing by its very nature)

 Context examples 

This type of star is much larger, more massive, hotter, and possibly hundreds of thousands of times intrinsically brighter than our Sun.

(Hubble Uncovers the Farthest Star Ever Seen, NASA)

They focused on rare light-sensing cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs).

(How Light Boosts Migraine Pain, NIH, US)

This artificial light activates photoreceptors called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), which suppresses melatonin.

(Artificial Light of Digital Devices Lessens Sleep Quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

More than you think it really and intrinsically worth.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Not only is the laser made mostly of glass, which is intrinsically biocompatible, but it can also be excited with longer wavelengths of light and emit at shorter wavelengths.

(Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues, National Science Foundation)

That it was intrinsically valuable was a truism I had never questioned.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It seems to me to have only one drawback, Hopkins, and that is that it is intrinsically impossible.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was self-repelled, as though he had undergone some degradation or was intrinsically foul.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Researchers previously believed that proteins needed a fixed shape to function, but over the last two decades there has been a growing interest in intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs).

(Biomaterial Artificial Protein Helps Heal Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

However, it can lead to the development of a platform for the manufacture of super-compact calculators and other electronic equipment that need to have memory intrinsically linked to the transistor itself, or incorporate features at nanoscale without requiring an additional memory unit.

(Transistor that mimics neurons developed, SciDev.Net)