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viscerally

viscerally

7 7.9
Based on deep gut feelings instead of careful thought
  • adverb
  • /ˈvɪsərəli/
translation icon : visceralmente
  • I'd say, OK, well, I it honestly just tickles my brain and is viscerally pleasurable to find a new way of looking at things.
  • react viscerally
  • feel viscerally

You think to yourself very viscerally, you're worth nothing.

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Examples

  • "A lot of stuff hits me viscerally," he says about his joke writing process.

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  • And I experienced this most viscerally when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty.

  • It's one of the few things that red American and blue America, we, we can viscerally be excited by similar stories.

  • And I know this so viscerally in my body is that we're not going to be here forever.

  • We will treat it much more viscerally, much more like a physical actor.

  • I'm telling you: people were viscerally excited about a video game they were not playing.

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  • And the media that we consume viscerally impacts us.

  • It is about knowing how to viscerally connect with people.

  • I see and feel knowledge viscerally, as though sculpting it with the force of my senses.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Many people react viscerally to horror movies, feeling a deep sense of fear and anxiety.

Synonyms

emotionally
vsviscerally
369 2.7

In a way that shows strong feelings

centers on deep instinctive sensations rather than expressed emotion
instinctively
vsviscerally
58 3.9

To act without thinking as a natural reaction

focuses on deep bodily feelings rather than logical reasoning
intuitively
vsviscerally
21 6.1

Using a quick inner feeling instead of careful thought

leans more on raw, bodily feeling than reflective intuition
instinctually
vsviscerally
2 6.3

To act without thinking because of a natural feeling

emphasizes strong inner, body-based feelings over reasoned thought
soulfully
vsviscerally
2 6.4

Shows deep feeling and moves people

indicates raw, bodily response rather than artistic emotional expression
feelingly
vsviscerally
  • Archaic
1 6.7

In a way that shows strong feeling

refers to deep internal, body-based feeling rather than outward emotion
affectively
vsviscerally
1 7.0

In a way that relates to feelings

is more about raw, bodily sensation than general emotion
unreasoningly
vsviscerally
8.4

In a way that is not based on reason or careful thinking

specifically highlights deep, instinctive feeling rather than mere lack of reason
primally
vsviscerally
8.8

In a way that uses basic instinct without thinking

stresses visceral, body-level feeling instead of simply primitive reaction

Antonyms

70 3.7

You think clearly and sensibly to reach a reasonable answer

56 3.9

In a clear, reasonable way based on facts

How Instinctive

viscerally
7 7.9
instinctively
58 3.9
intuitively
21 6.1

Surface Forms

viscerally positive

Morphology

viscerally = visceral (transparent) = visceral + ly

Formed by a standard adjective -> adverb derivation: 'visceral' (deep, instinctive) + '-ly', so the adverbial meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Viscerally comes from the Latin word viscera, which means 'internal organs' or 'guts'. So to feel something viscerally is to feel it 'in the gut', a deep, natural reaction that comes before you think.