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intuitively

intuitively

21 6.1
Using a quick inner feeling instead of careful thought
  • adverb
  • /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvli/
translation icon : intuitivamente
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • We'll just, it seems like an intuitively right thing to do.

  • I mean, we all intuitively sense one thing.

  • So that once again is intuitively very simple.

  • No, but I intuitively think I understand that.

  • Let's figure out why this works intuitively, yes.

  • 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.

  • Children often learn to read intuitively, picking up words through context rather than phonics.

Synonyms

instinctively
vsintuitively
58 3.9

To act without thinking as a natural reaction

is based on inner understanding rather than direct bodily instinct
viscerally
vsintuitively
7 7.9

Based on deep gut feelings instead of careful thought

appeals to inner nonverbal understanding rather than strong emotional feeling
instinctually
vsintuitively
2 6.3

To act without thinking because of a natural feeling

relies on a felt sense or intuition instead of raw natural reflex
primally
vsintuitively
8.8

In a way that uses basic instinct without thinking

expresses a subtler instinctive understanding rather than primitive urge

How Intuitive

obviously
1.0
instinctively
58 3.9
intuitively
21 6.1

Surface Forms

intuitively positive

Morphology

intuitively = intuitive (transparent) = intuit + ive + ly

The adverb 'intuitively' is transparently derived from the adjective 'intuitive' by adding the suffix '-ly'.

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.