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integrally

integrally

1 5.8
In a way that is necessary for the whole to work
  • adverb
  • /ˈɪntɪɡrəli/
translation icon : integralmente
  • Reading and writing are integrally connected.
  • integrally related
  • integrally connected
  • integrally involved

Examples

  • Water is integrally linked to the health of the environment.

    Academic text (2003)

  • As head of the department, he is integrally involved in the design and analysis of a variety of studies at ARC.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Just as the community college is integrally connected to the local community, so is the community college student.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The effects achieved through the particular use of media are integrally related to the written text.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Community is integrally related to land and thus to sovereignty.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Thus, experts agree that information systems and information quantity and quality are integrally related to hospital success.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In Iowa, school psychologists have been integrally involved in significant system change at the state and local levels.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Layfield says that Scie's program has been a success because it is integrally based on social care.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Also integrally linked to each instructor's pedagogical goals was the instructor's approach to assessing students' developing mathematical proficiency.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The education system is integrally designed to support the overall development of students.

Synonyms

fundamentally
vsintegrally
181 3.9

In a basic way that shows what is most important

limits importance to being a required component of the whole
inherently
vsintegrally
119 4.7

Happens naturally as a basic part of something

emphasizes being essential as a structural part of the whole
intrinsically
vsintegrally
22 6.4

Part of the basic nature of something

focuses on being essential as part of the whole system
vitally
vsintegrally
22 3.9

In a way that is very important for something to happen

describes necessity as being part of the whole's essential makeup
organically
vsintegrally
13 4.9

In a way that fits naturally into the whole

stresses being essential to the whole rather than developed naturally
substantively
vsintegrally
  • Formal
9 6.7

Affects the main point in an important way

specifies importance as required within the whole's structure
elementally
vsintegrally
1 5.5

In a basic and essential way

puts that basic quality in the role of a necessary part of the whole
immanently
vsintegrally
  • Formal
8.4

In a way that is a natural part of something

highlights being essential specifically as an integral part of the whole

How Essential

fundamentally
181 3.9
integrally
1 5.8
mainly
418 1.0
peripherally
4 6.8

Surface Forms

integrally positive

Morphology

integrally = integral (transparent) = integral + ly

Formed by the regular adverbial suffix '-ly' added to the adjective 'integral', so the meaning ('in an integral/essential manner') is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word integrally comes from the Latin root integer, which means 'whole'. Think of integer as a 'whole' number and integrity as being whole or complete, so integrally means in a way that is necessary to the whole.