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Natively vs Naively - What's the difference?

natively | naively |

As adverbs the difference between natively and naively

is that natively is in the manner of a native, especially a native speaker while naively is in a naive manner.

natively

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Adverb

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  • In the manner of a native, especially a native speaker
    • He spoke French natively , having been born there, and English almost as well.
  • (computing, of software) 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.

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a naive manner.