instinctively
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3.9
- adverb
- /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/
- And these are memories that were instinctively programmed by our genetics.
- know instinctively
- seek instinctively
- turn instinctively
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Watch on YouTubeBut I think I instinctively know I did offer some help.
- But I think I instinctively know I did offer some help.
- And these are memories that were instinctively programmed by our genetics.
- So the composers are instinctively going for that kind of sound.
- And I think it came so instinctively to me.
- Mine is like my body just goes into autopilot and I know instinctively where I'm going.
- It's we instinctively feel the pain of the thing we have if we lose it.
- He says that pleasure is the end is proved by the fact that from our youth up, we are instinctively attracted to it, right.
- But it turned out to be quite hard to to define because most people instinctively think, well, loneliness is being alone, right?
- It was fraught with challenges for me psychologically, but I knew instinctively that it was the right thing to do.
- And I think Paula Johnson has both instinctively and then with some strategy, paid attention to those issues.
- And it's probably the opposite of what people believe or instinctively would do, which is usually the answer, by the way.
- And part of you instinctively feels like whatever is happening now will happen again, right?
Examples
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- As an I.P., you will instinctively know when something is off.
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And we do this because we know instinctively that ice is slippery.
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And I just instinctively knew that like something was off.
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And I think it came so instinctively to me.
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It's we instinctively feel the pain of the thing we have if we lose it.
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I know that... but I felt instinctively that you had a headache.
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The boys come close, kneel at his side, and instinctively reach out to him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Also, he headed instinctively for Japan, like a salmon returning to the waters in which he was born.
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Then the man was upon them, standing so close she instinctively slid farther back along the seat.
Fiction book (1992) -
When the dog sensed danger, it instinctively barked to alert its owner.
Synonyms
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1.8
Because of a person's usual character, not outside influence
155
2.9
Without thinking, as a natural reaction
20
6.1
Using a quick inner feeling instead of careful thought
12
5.4
To act without thinking because of a quick physical reaction
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5.6
In a natural way that someone has from birth
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7.9
Based on deep gut feelings instead of careful thought
2
6.3
To act without thinking because of a natural feeling
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8.8
In a way that uses basic instinct without thinking
1
9.8
Automatically and without thinking as the body reacts
Antonyms
How Instinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
instinctively = instinctive (transparent) = instinct + ive + ly
Derived by regular adjectival and adverbial suffixation (instinct → instinctive → instinctively), so the adverbial meaning is predictable.
Etymology
Instinctively comes from the Latin word instinctus, which meant a 'natural urge' or 'push'. So, to act instinctively is to do something quickly without thinking because your body gives you that inner 'push'.