innately

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

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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.

Other Words From

• un·in·nate·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of innately¹

innate + -ly

Example Sentences

“Our brains are evolved to try to figure out patterns in the world, the environment we are in, and then predict. And when we don’t have that capacity to predict something, it is innately threatening.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s about what could we mean to each other going forward, which is innately a very adult question.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s typical of most scientists, especially biologists, who are led by the infinite variability of the natural world to be innately averse to declaring anything conclusively possible or impossible.

From Los Angeles Times

“He just had a great feel for it, and he understood how to put a team together. He just innately knew that.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Our work highlights the far-reaching algorithmic role of the sensory periphery for the processing of both innately meaningful and learned odors in the central brain."

From Science Daily