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by birth

ADVERB

inherently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutionally genetically intrinsically naturally

WEAK

congenitally immanently inseparably natively

ADVERB

naturally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

artlessly but of course by nature candidly casually characteristically customarily freely genuinely habitually impulsively informally innocently openly ordinarily readily unaffectedly unpretentiously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

ADVERB

originally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically formerly

STRONG

primitively

WEAK

at first at the outset at the start by origin first in the beginning in the first place incipiently primarily to begin with

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily

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"Mechanical engineer and computer scientist by degree, independent game developer by experience, teacher by birth," according to his profile, which noted that he had an undergraduate degree from the California Institute of Technology.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Kavanagh, 78, is a New Englander by birth and Californian by choice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The author is a Vermonter by birth; his mother was a divorced woman who raised him on her own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

It is home to 3.2 million U.S. citizens by birth.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

"Mother was an American by birth; Father is by naturalization. I was born on the high seas. That makes me American."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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