Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)In the manner of a native, especially a native speaker.

    He spoke French natively, having been born there, and English almost as well.

  2. (not comparable)Pertaining to the computer or architecture in question; without the use of emulation, etc.

    This is a Microsoft Windows application, so you can't run it natively on an Apple Mac.

  3. (not comparable)In the manner that occurs naturally; without intervention or training.

  4. (not comparable)Inherently, innately.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I speak English natively, Spanish fluently, and German haltingly.

    deIch spreche Englisch als Muttersprache, Spanisch fließend und Deutsch verhalten. — Esperantostern

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  2. Sony's PlayStation VR headset is not natively supported on Windows.

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  3. The language both I and the people in my country speak natively is Japanese.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · terrywallwork · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. He speaks Berber natively.

  5. My friend speaks Dutch natively.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · RobinvanderVliet · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
natively — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto