Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
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- adverb
Innately , byinstinct , without being taught.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb as a matter of instinct
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the other hand, McCain instinctively leans toward linking length of service with benefits -- his stated reason for opposing Webb's "New GI Bill" -- so perhaps that's the direction of his thinking on VA care as well.
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Your companions, too, are safely domiciled inside their own caverns, to which your wearable anti-avalanche home plugs in instinctively with filamental tunnels.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Pukulin instinctively kicked at the loose cables, his boots pushing them apart.
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Your companions, too, are safely domiciled inside their own caverns, to which your wearable anti-avalanche home plugs in instinctively with filamental tunnels.
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The captain instinctively began to slow his breathing.
365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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Just mention "Upper Churchill" and instinctively people know the code word for "give-away".
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He shrank as instinctively from the thought of love as a man shrinks from re-opening an old wound which is still sensitive to the touch, though it has ceased to ache.
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It was only by slow degrees I did so, truly; for she was not one of those gentle creatures whom, married or single, one calls instinctively by their Christian names.
John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856
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I ticked his name instinctively but before clicking in my selection, I just thought "let me have a look at the other ten players" and I realised that six bowlers is definitely too many.
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I ticked his name instinctively but before clicking in my selection, I just thought "let me have a look at the other ten players" and I realised that six bowlers is definitely too many.
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