Impulsively
[ɪm'pʌlsɪvli]
Definition
(adv.) In an impulsive manner.
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Examples
- Helena threw her arms impulsively round his neck. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She hurried from the room as impulsively as she had entered, and we heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My Lady, changing her position, sees the papers on the table--looks at them nearer--looks at them nearer still--asks impulsively, Who copied that? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He started impulsively to his feet, and looked at me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Miss Lily---- he began impulsively; but she walked on without seeming to hear him. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The hand touches a hot thing; it is impulsively, wholly unintellectually, snatched away. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I'm so sorry, he said impulsively; but you ARE among friends here, you know. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Every good, true, vigorous feeling I have gathers impulsively round him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Impulsively generous she had always been; but there was a touching and womanly thoughtfulness about her now, that every one noticed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He turned his head aside as in chagrin and mortification, and she impulsively kissed his velvety bulging forehead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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