Both Uses of
innate
in
The Scarlet Letter
- I have not known the man to whose innate kindliness I would more confidently make an appeal.†
p. 21.4
- Pearl's inevitable tendency to hover about the enigma of the scarlet letter seemed an innate quality of her being.†
p. 121.4 *
Definition:
of a quality: present at birth; or arising from within rather than having been learned or acquired