primally
- adverb
- /ˈpraɪməli/
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primalmente
- The agony of it caused her to scream primally, uncontrollably, but she was aware, with a sickening feeling of revulsion, that there was pleasure mixed in with that horrible burning pain; that on some gross physical level, a part of her body was enjoying this.
It means that you are not making decisions from a primally pulled sense of I need this person in my life to feel whole.
- It means that you are not making decisions from a primally pulled sense of I need this person in my life to feel whole.
Examples
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His primally instinctive reaction was to run when the loud noise startled him.
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It means that you are not making decisions from a primally pulled sense of I need this person in my life to feel whole.
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It means that you are not making decisions from a primally pulled sense of I need this person in my life to feel whole.
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My question is this: is there a way to balance eating primally and eating in a way that allows me to try new foods and live life a little less harshly?
Blog text (8) -
There was something so primally humiliating in our ejection that Hoyt Street itself seemed to ridicule us, the humble row of brownstones and sleeping bodegas.
Fiction book (1999) -
The child laughed primally at the sight of the playful puppy, driven by pure joy.
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She screamed primally when she saw the bear approaching, her instincts taking over.
Synonyms
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3.9
To act without thinking as a natural reaction
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6.1
Using a quick inner feeling instead of careful thought
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7.9
Based on deep gut feelings instead of careful thought
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6.3
To act without thinking because of a natural feeling
Antonyms
How Instinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Primally comes from the Latin root primus meaning 'first', and it shares this root with prime and primary. Think of your 'first' reactions—the deep, automatic ones—so to act primally is to respond by instinct rather than by careful thought.