Usually means: Originating from outside; not inherent.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word extrinsically:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. extrinsically: Merriam-Webster
  2. extrinsically: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. extrinsically: Collins English Dictionary
  4. extrinsically: Vocabulary.com
  5. extrinsically: Wordnik
  6. extrinsically: Wiktionary
  7. extrinsically: Dictionary.com
  8. extrinsically: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. extrinsically: FreeDictionary.org
  10. extrinsically: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. extrinsically: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. extrinsically: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. extrinsically: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. extrinsically: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (extrinsically)

▸ adverb:  In an extrinsic manner

Similar:
extraneously, extratextually, extramurally, extraneurally, exogenously, extracutaneously, extraosseously, exogenically, extraintestinally, extracytoplasmatically, more...

Opposite:
intrinsically, inherently, fundamentally

Types:
intrinsically, more...

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Similar:
extraneously, extratextually, extramurally, extraneurally, exogenously, extracutaneously, extraosseously, exogenically, extraintestinally, extracytoplasmatically, more...

Opposite:
intrinsically, inherently, fundamentally

Types:
intrinsically, more...



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