by nature
As one is
By nature describes an inherent or innate quality—something fundamental to a person or thing's character rather than learned or acquired.
She's shy by nature.
Cats are by nature solitary hunters.
The phrase implies the trait is permanent and essential, not situational or changeable.
- inherentExisting as essential part
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- innateExisting since birth
- archetypalEmbodying the original pattern
- fundamentalForming the base
in essence · deep down · disposition · at heart · organic · intuitive · instinctive · hardwired · core · congenitally · predisposed · temperament · intrinsic · basic · constitutionally · true to form · habitual · born
by natureby design
Done with intent
artificially · deliberately · synthetically · engineered · manufactured
by natureby accident
Without intent or planning
by chance · incidentally · contingently · circumstantially · situationally
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