intuitively
- adverb
- /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvli/
- The argument that users can learn the system's judgment strategy by seeing the rules is intuitively appealing.
- intuitively appealing
- intuitively know
- intuitively grasp
So that's intuitively why this follows from this.
- So that's intuitively why this follows from this.
- I mean, we all intuitively sense one thing.
- That's the standard view and it seems intuitively plausible.
- When he did that, and though she intuitively knew the right answer, she was very cautious.
- Now, again, people might intuitively think, yeah, it's possible that God doesn't exist.
- Humans have intuitively known it's real.
- And what's what's brilliant about Debbie is she's doing all these things intuitively.
- You should think in Bayesian terms intuitively.
- We get that intuitively in the same way our minds process social space in three dimensions.
- Trump intuitively understood that, even as a billionaire in his tower in Manhattan.
- And then intuitively that it rolls, so to speak.
Examples
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And the answer is it doesn't matter, because intuitively it makes sense to the audience.
Blog text (8) -
Now, in many ways, Aristotle's idea of justice is intuitively very powerful.
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We'll just, it seems like an intuitively right thing to do.
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I mean, we all intuitively sense one thing.
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So that once again is intuitively very simple.
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No, but I intuitively think I understand that.
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Let's figure out why this works intuitively, yes.
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Everyone is intuitively familiar in theory with the meaning of this everyday expression.
Academic text (2015) -
The art of rock climbing is relearning what you knew intuitively as a child.
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Children often learn to read intuitively, picking up words through context rather than phonics.
Synonyms
To act without thinking as a natural reaction
Based on deep gut feelings instead of careful thought
To act without thinking because of a natural feeling
In a way that uses basic instinct without thinking
How Intuitive
Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word intuitively comes from intuition, which comes from the old Latin word intueri meaning 'to look at' or 'to know', giving the idea of a quick inner 'seeing'. So, to do something intuitively is to do it by a fast, natural 'knowing' or feeling rather than by careful thought.