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Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to that part of the person that knows the difference between right and wrong instinctively.
Kirk Cameron

Meaning of "instinctively" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INSTINCTIVELY

instinctively  [ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSTINCTIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Instinctively is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES INSTINCTIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of instinctively in the English dictionary

The first definition of instinctively in the dictionary is in a way which is of, relates to, or results from an innate capacity. Other definition of instinctively is in a way that relates to an inclination based on feelings. Instinctively is also in a way that is conditioned so as to appear innate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSTINCTIVELY


adjunctively
əˈdʒʌŋktɪvlɪ
attractively
əˈtræktɪvlɪ
collectively
kəˈlektɪvlɪ
conjunctively
kənˈdʒʌŋktɪvlɪ
contradistinctively
ˌkɒntrədɪˈstɪŋktɪvlɪ
destructively
dɪˈstrʌktɪvlɪ
disjunctively
dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪvlɪ
distinctively
dɪˈstɪŋktɪvlɪ
effectively
ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ
electively
ɪˈlɛktɪvlɪ
indistinctively
ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋktɪvlɪ
inductively
ɪnˈdʌktɪvlɪ
injunctively
ɪnˈdʒʌŋktɪvlɪ
objectively
əbˈdʒɛktɪvlɪ
prospectively
prəˈspɛktɪvlɪ
respectively
rɪˈspɛktɪvlɪ
retrospectively
ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪvlɪ
selectively
sɪˈlɛktɪvlɪ
subjectively
səbˈdʒɛktɪvlɪ
subjunctively
səbˈdʒʌŋktɪvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSTINCTIVELY

instil
instill
instillation
instilled
instiller
instilling
instillment
instilment
instinct
instinctive
instinctivity
instinctual
instinctually
institorial
institute
instituter
institutes
institution
institutional
institutional investor

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSTINCTIVELY

actively
aggressively
alternatively
collaboratively
comparatively
creatively
cumulatively
excessively
exclusively
extensively
lively
lovely
massively
negatively
positively
progressively
qualitatively
quantitatively
relatively
successively
tentatively

Synonyms and antonyms of instinctively in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «INSTINCTIVELY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «instinctively» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of instinctively

Translation of «instinctively» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSTINCTIVELY

Find out the translation of instinctively to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of instinctively from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «instinctively» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

本能
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

instintivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

instinctively
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सहज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غريزي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инстинктивно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

instintivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রবৃত্তিগতভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

instinctivement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara naluriah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

instinktiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

本能的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

본능적으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Instinctively
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự nhiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளுணர்வால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहजतेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içgüdüsel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

istintivamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

instynktownie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інстинктивно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

instinctiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενστικτωδώς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

instinktief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

instinktivt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

instinktivt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of instinctively

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSTINCTIVELY»

The term «instinctively» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.122 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSTINCTIVELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about instinctively

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10 QUOTES WITH «INSTINCTIVELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word instinctively.
1
Tony Abbott
I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
2
Michelangelo Antonioni
In Blow-up I used my head instinctively!
3
Tara Brach
If our hearts are ready for anything, we will spontaneously reach out when others are hurting. Living in an ethical way can attune us to the pain and needs of others, but when our hearts are open and awake, we care instinctively.
4
Sarah Brightman
Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.
5
A. S. Byatt
For a long time, I felt instinctively irritated - sometimes repelled - by scientific friends' automatic use of the word 'mechanism' for automatic bodily processes. A machine was man-made; it was not a sentient being; a man was not a machine.
6
Taylor Caldwell
It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.
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Kirk Cameron
Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to that part of the person that knows the difference between right and wrong instinctively.
8
David Crosby
When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at the Sea Shell Association in Santa Barbara, Calif. From the moment I climbed into that 8-foot dinghy in 1952, I knew instinctively what to do and sensed I had done it before.
9
Taylor Dane
Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.
10
Richard Eyre
I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSTINCTIVELY»

Discover the use of instinctively in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to instinctively and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Golf's Golden Rule: What Every Pro Does Instinctively ... ...
The most up-to-date golf manual focusing on impact in detail as the key part to perfecting a good swing, this book will revolutionize your game.
Steve Gould, D. J. Wilkinson, 2012
2
Silent Mind Golf: How to Empty Your Mind and Play Golf ...
Now, Robin Sieger, a lifelong golfer who also happens to be one of the world's leading motivational speakers, removes the mystery behind the mental prowess that lies at the heart of peak performance.
Robin Sieger, 2012
3
How to Invest by Instinct: Instinctively Self Guided Investments
This book will help you understand yourself and therefore your natural instinct,which will give you confidence to invest according to your self guided intuition.
Lin Eldridge, 2001
4
Instinctively a Man: (Yaoi)
Yasukuni is the heir of a distinguished family, one that prizes masculinity and stoicism.
Takashi Kanzaki, 2008
5
Confessions of an Instinctively Mutinous Baby Boomer: And ...
These tales are the stones that mark the trail.
Marsha Roberts, 2012
6
The Hallelujah Diet
What do we have to do with that bite of apple? Instinctively, we start chewing that bite of apple with the teeth God placed in the mouth at the time of man's creation, so that the apple can be processed in preparation for swallowing and digesting.
George H. Malkmus, 2006
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Peter Skrzynecki: HSC Standard/advanced English
Nationalities sought Each other out instinctively — Like a homing pigeon Circling to get its bearings. This simile in this quotation compares two journeying creatures: the migrants in a hostel looking for others from their former homelands and a ...
Barry Spurr, 2003
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Landmark Speeches of the American Conservative Movement
Now the fact that mankind had instinctively sensed that there is a right and a wrong way of handling his procreative energies strongly suggests that there may be a universal sexual morality. And so there is. And when we examine it, we find that ...
Peter Schweizer, Wynton C. Hall, 2007
9
SOUL FEDERATION
We feel some miraculous things or mostly impossible things instinctively. For example, in the present age, airplane, spaceship, computer, etc., are common senses. But these things were miraculous and mostly impossible things one thousand ...
Toshio Suzuki, 2010
10
Advanced Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Scripts Expanded Edition
... your name and suddenly and instinctively paying your attention to where your name came from...and I wonder how you will naturally and instinctively enter the zone...when the time is right...and your unconscious...canfind a trigger...many golf  ...
Dan Jones, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSTINCTIVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term instinctively is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bronwyn Bishop's travel claim to be investigated by finance …
... in a radio interview earlier this week agreed the expenses claim did not pass “the sniff test”. “Look, instinctively it doesn't,” Hockey told 2UE. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Why I've Always Hated Getting Naked - Cosmopolitan
I wasn't afraid to lose my virginity, but I instinctively kept half of my clothes still on. What was supposed to be my first "real" intimate experience ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Jul 15»
3
Finest hour of a career cut horribly short - Perth Now
“Jules is a racer, a fabulous driver to work with, and he knew exactly what was going on and what was required in that race… instinctively,” ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
4
Last chances come early at Cardiff and Lord's | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
The ball hits the ground, and Haddin instinctively grabs at it again. Shane Watson says oh. Michael Clarke looks confused. Mitchell Starc grabs ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
5
How a Croc Likely Showed up on a Goa Beach - NDTV.com
Crocodiles can instinctively sense and smell water, and will move towards it. If there is a situation of unusual drought with no water bodies, ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
6
In a darker Britain, Tim Farron's social liberalism may not count for …
Charles Kennedy was a natural Highland social democrat from the SDP wing of the party, instinctively anti-Tory, but Clegg leaned much more ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Jonathan Banks on His 'Better Call Saul' Emmy Scene: 'If You Suffer …
Mike immediately sees people that are about to go over the edge or do themselves great harm, and he instinctively… he doesn't want to see ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
8
The top 10 phishing lures of 2015 | Security | Techworld
Too often users instinctively associate malicious phish with a demand. Psychologically, offers register differently, so when users receive what ... «Techworld.com, Jul 15»
9
Meet Laura, the chameleon that loves to pop bubbles - video - Weird …
So I got her closer to them and she just instinctively wanted to pop them." Laura seems unperturbed by her rising internet stardom, as seen by a ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
10
U.K. Prime Minister Wants 'Big Conversation' About Seagull Attacks …
I don't know how heavy seagulls are but it certainly wasn't light. ' " 'When that happened I instinctively ducked and ran and lost my balance. «WFDD, Jul 15»

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