Instinctively
[in'stiŋktivli]
Definition
(adv.) as a matter of instinct; 'he instinctively grabbed the knife'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
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Examples
- The others were all outsiders, instinctively, whatever they might be socially. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Did you ever see any one whom such things seemed instinctively to follow, like, rely on? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I shuddered involuntarily, and clung instinctively closer to my blind but beloved master. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Only as ultimately securing tranquillity of mind, which the philosopher instinctively pursues, has it for him any necessity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One instinctively doesn't do it--one can't. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- More singular still, the heathmen had instinctively coupled her and this man together in their minds as a pair born for each other. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Instinctively the operators looked from one face to another to see which man had received the news. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It's morbid to say this; it's unhealthy; it's all that a well-regulated mind like Miss Clack's most instinctively shudders at. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She had seen a drop of eau de Cologne on the polished arm of the sofa, and instinctively sought to wipe it off. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He blamed me instinctively as the cause of the trouble. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Their voices had instinctively dropped lower, though at first they had taken no particular care to avoid awakening Clym. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The result is that what is instinctively original in individuality, that which marks off one from another, goes unused and undirected. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- If she left the oak parlour, instinctively I rose and left it too. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Leucodore, clione and other borers, parasitic or domiciliary worms work into the shell, and instinctively the protecting nacreous fluid envelops the intruder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gerald was instinctively aware of this, and he recoiled, to avoid any such thing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But that one dark glimpse of the river, through the gateway, had instinctively prepared me for her going no farther. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- As Stephen had but a little while ago instinctively addressed himself to her, so she now instinctively addressed herself to Rachael. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half-frightened as it were instinctively, finding myself so desolate. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Laurie felt this instinctively and laid himself down again, with a sense of disappointment which he could not explain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Instinctively the girl shuddered, and shrank closer to the black woman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Instinctively I made a silent offer of my assistance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I asked, in that low voice which the presence of the dead makes us as it were instinctively assume. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I did what human beings do instinctively when they are driven to utter extremity--looked for aid to one higher than man: the words God help me! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Still, of course she had seen, as a woman (we women did instinctively see these things, Mr Dorrit! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The minds of many quite honest men resisted the new knowledge instinctively and irrationally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Instinctively she felt this, and she waited for him to come up. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The whole speculation about morality is an effort to find a way of living which men who live it will instinctively feel is good. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Instinctively each felt her contemptuous mockery of the human being in himself, or herself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The old woman drew in her breath, and caught instinctively at her son. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She had paused a moment with raised brows, drawing away instinctively from his touch, though she made no effort to evade his words. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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