natively
/ˈneɪtɪvli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the manner of a native, especially a native speaker.
adv
Pertaining to the computer or architecture in question; without the use of emulation, etc.
adv
In the manner that occurs naturally; without intervention or training.
adv
Example Sentences
- "He spoke French natively, having been born there, and English almost as well."
- "This is because by definition, a pidgin is not learned natively."
- "This is a Microsoft Windows application, so you can't run it natively on an Apple Mac."
- "The experiment showed only what the mass must always be— natively incapable of controlling their passions, natively eager for their enjoyment, and natively envious of the original superiority of birth, affluence, and knowledge."
- "The vines of some species are always found natively in limy soils, and varieties of such species generally succeed well in such soils.·"
- "Since a transsexual is a person with natively male genitalia who nevertheless has had a lifelong sense of femaleness, the purpose of surgery should logically be to provide such a person with anatomy and sexual response as close as possible to that of any other woman."