Intuitive
[ɪn'tjuːɪtɪv] or [ɪn'tuɪtɪv]
Definition
(adj.) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation .
(adj.) spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; 'an intuitive revulsion' .
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Definition
(a.) Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.
(a.) Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning.
(a.) Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Apprehended immediately, perceived at once (without reasoning).[2]. Immediate, full, clear, distinct.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INSTINCTIVE]
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Examples
- In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had an intuitive perception of Mr. Pickwick; he knew him at once. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr Boffin, who had a deep respect for his wife's intuitive wisdom, replied, though rather pensively: 'I suppose we must. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But some intuitive repugnance, getting the better of years of social discipline, had made her push Mr. Rosedale into his OUBLIETTE without a trial. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He knew that chemistry afforded a surer, but slower, procedure; his was a practical, intuitive, field method. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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