By nature and Really

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By nature adverb - Through inherent nature.

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Really and by nature are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Really" instead an adverb phrase "By nature".

Really adverb - In actual fact.

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By nature and really are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By nature" instead an adverb "Really".

Nearby Words: realize, real, reality, realistic, realization

In fact, he's actually rather stodgy and moral by nature (which is, of course, why he's so naive about the effect he has on Dorian-he really doesn't get the depths to which his student can sink).

Source: Literature / The Picture of Dorian Gray
Subverted in that he's really a gentle man by nature, even if he's a convicted murderer.

Source: Literature / The Alienist
Continuity Lockout: The Spanish Game is a beautiful novel on its own, but it is really better if you read A Spy by Nature first.

Source: Creator / Charles Cumming

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