belonging to a thing by its very nature
"form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey
situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
"intrinsic muscles"
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intrinsic
Work must stand or stumble by intrinsic worth. [ Robert Browning ]
Grace pays its respects to true intrinsic worth, not to the mere signs and trappings of it, which often only show where it ought to be, not where it really is. [ Thomas à Kempis ]
There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us. [ Brydges ]
In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding; the time is coming when they will take rank and order according to their contents and intrinsic merits. [ Chamfort ]
intrinsicin Scrabble®
The word intrinsic is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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intrinsicin Words With Friends™
The word intrinsic is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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