innately

English

Etymology

From innate +‎ -ly.

Adverb

innately (comparative more innately, superlative most innately)

  1. In an innate manner, referring to a property that is possessed merely by its nature.
    Fish innately know how to swim, they don't go to school to learn it.
    • 2000, David Golinkin, “The Whys and Hows of Conservative Halakhah”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 12:
      Every mitzvah we perform as Jews was given innately at Mount Sinai. When a rabbi expounds a new law or practice, he is simply revealing something that was hidden in the Torah from the start.

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