instinctually
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6.3
- adverb
- /ɪnˈstɪŋkʧuəli/
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instintivamente
- My eyes instinctually averted from the camera.
- act instinctually
- knew instinctually
What do you look for instinctually when you are researching your clients?
- What do you look for instinctually when you are researching your clients?
- So here's The thing is, women don't think about sex instinctually sometimes like men do, right?
- I when you say that I instinctually felt at that time.
- I just don't like instinctually like to give, give the government too much credit.
Examples
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Thus, man, who lacks both fang and claw, is by nature a vegetarian and is not instinctually compelled to kill.
Academic text (1996) -
People are instinctually reluctant to disagree.
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Nature just knows instinctually how to stay in harmony.
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Pat knew instinctually what it was.
Fiction book (1990) -
My studies indicate they become instinctually aggressive.
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I think I'm instinctually wired not to be able to do this.
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Ali is highly intelligent, acts instinctually, and is by nature suspicious of everything.
Fiction book (1996) -
We mistake pleasure for happiness, but we all know instinctually that pleasure isn't happiness.
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They both instinctually knew about the power of television in a way that a lot of American intellectuals of that era did not.
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You picked a song that was instinctually perfect for you.
Synonyms
77
2.9
Without thinking, as a natural reaction
58
3.9
To act without thinking as a natural reaction
21
6.1
Using a quick inner feeling instead of careful thought
12
5.4
To act without thinking because of a quick physical reaction
8
5.6
In a natural way that someone has from birth
7
7.9
Based on deep gut feelings instead of careful thought
In a way that uses basic instinct without thinking
Automatically and without thinking as the body reacts
Antonyms
How Instinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
instinctually = instinctual (transparent) = instinct + ual + ly
The adverb is directly formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'instinctual', whose meaning clearly relates to 'instinct'.
Etymology
Instinctually comes from instinct, a word that originally meant an inside 'urge' or 'push' to act. So, to do something instinctually is to follow that inner push and act without careful thought.