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Word entry · 13 letters

instinctively

Best crossword clue

"By gut feeling"

13 letters · collected on this word page

13 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/Part of speech adverbSorted ceiiilnnsttvyStarts with IEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Acting by natural impulse rather than conscious reasoning.

Word origin

From instinctive + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 'I am, perhaps, overgreedy, but I sense a good cook instinctively.'

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