instinctively
Syllables: in·stinc·tive·ly/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/
instinctively adverb: innately; by instinct; without being taught.
Adverb
instinctively (comparative more instinctively, superlative most instinctively)
- Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
- Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't.
- She loved him so passionately, and he was so godlike in her eyes; and being, though untrained, instinctively refined, her nature cried for his tutelary guidance.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 26
- Synonyms:
- instinctually
instinctively meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and Arabic
instinctively in Tamil
- இயல்பூக்கமான
instinctively in Urdu
- بلاارادہ, جبلتاً, خودبخود
instinctively in Gujarati
- સહજતાથી
instinctively in Arabic
- innately, by instinct, without being taught
- غريزيًا
Examples of instinctively in a sentence
- 'I am, perhaps, overgreedy, but I sense a good cook instinctively.'1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 270:
- While Conservative and Labour MPs instinctively had deep political differences, they were united in the cold view that at the end of the 1950s, Britain's railways were friendless and almost finished.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50:
Synonyms of instinctively
Forms of instinctively
| comparative | more instinctively |
|---|---|
| superlative | most instinctively |
Origin of instinctively
From instinctive + -ly.
Questions about instinctively
- What does instinctively mean?
- Instinctively means innately; by instinct; without being taught.
- What is instinctively in Tamil?
- Instinctively in Tamil is இயல்பூக்கமான. See Instinctively meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use instinctively in a sentence?
- 'I am, perhaps, overgreedy, but I sense a good cook instinctively.'
- What part of speech is instinctively?
- Instinctively is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce instinctively?
- Instinctively is pronounced /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/.
Words near instinctively in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: instinctively (page history and authors); instinctively (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instinctively (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); instinctively (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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