by inclination

"They do not by inclination like to talk about what they're doing, whether it's good or bad."

He came to this populist approach by inclination and history.

By inclination the young Prince was a romantic, a child of his time.

That he is not a wing by inclination matters little.

He himself was one of them, by inclination if not by birth.

Inadequate women, some of them, both by nature and by inclination.

By inclination, she would not readily go into them.

Ivanhoe was not an heroic man, either by inclination or education.

By inclination he was more of a topographer than a politician.

He was a naturalist by inclination and studied extensively in that area.

George W. Bush is not a culture warrior by inclination.

This is also by inclination: some of his funniest lines are improvised.

In reality Diana is a loner by inclination and habit.

He'd been a farmer by birth, but never by inclination.

Sadie was a professional sitter; she also sat by inclination.

He is not a democrat by inclination, but by necessity.

George was a skeptic both by training and by inclination.

He was a middle order batsman by inclination, but found greatest success at Test level as an opener.

Apparently, the man was a lone worker by inclination.

He was a tailor by trade and a scholar by inclination.

Although low-tech by inclination, Walker recently set foot in the brave new world of the 900 number.

But by profession and by inclination, I do both.

By inclination, perhaps, because he liked the taste.

He was a grocer by trade, but an archaeologist by inclination.

He was not a warrior by inclination or disposition, but the men with him were what remained of the army Brian had forged.