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Webster 1913 Edition


Instinctively

In-stinc′tive-ly

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adv.
In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.

Webster 1828 Edition


Instinctively

INSTINCT'IVELY

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adv.
By force of instinct; without reasoning, instruction or experience; by natural impulse.

Definition 2024


instinctively

instinctively

English

Adverb

instinctively (comparative more instinctively, superlative most instinctively)

  1. Innately, by instinct, without being taught.
    Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't.

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