instinctively

English

Etymology

instinctive +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

instinctively (comparative more instinctively, superlative most instinctively)

Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't.
- 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 270:
  'I am, perhaps, overgreedy, but I sense a good cook instinctively.'

Synonyms

instinctually

Translations

innately, by instinct, without being taught

Finnish: vaistonvaraisesti, vaistomaisesti (fi)
German: unwillkürlich (de)
Greek: ενστικτωδώς (el) (enstiktodós)

Hungarian: ösztönösen
Italian: istintivamente (it)
Spanish: instintivamente

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