Synonyms for instinctively
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1. instinctivelyadverb

   Synonyms:
   instinctually

2. instinctivelyadverb

   Innately, by instinct, without being taught.

   Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't.

   Synonyms:
   instinctually

Princeton's WordNet

1. instinctivelyadverb

   as a matter of instinct

   "he instinctively grabbed the knife"

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1. reflexively

   "reflex" and "instinct" are synonyms so their adverbial terms should also be synonyms.

   amanda instinctively punched andrew in the face for jumping out and scaring her when they were at the haunted house.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 22, 2020  

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How to use instinctively in a sentence?

1. Ry Cooder:

   Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space and style that Joachim gave me to instinctively play what I felt in a more free way, rather than feeling constricted. That's true on record and on stage.

2. Junichi Ishikawa:

   Our index based on sentiment currently shows that 62 percent of global retail clients favour going long on dollar/yen while 38 percent prefer going short, last week's dollar/yen plunge was such that it was natural for some to instinctively buy the dollar.

3. Malcolm Muggeridge:

   There's nothing is this world more instinctively abhorrent to me than finding myself in agreement with my fellow-humans.

4. Donald Trump:

   Instinctively, you would say, 'Isn't that a ridiculous thing? but actually, it's a very good thing. And it actually makes money, it could make a lot of money.

5. Josh Shapiro:

   What I hear from people is kind of all of the above and that is, they're worried about their kids' schools, they're worried about public safety, they're worried about the economy. And I spend a great deal of time talking about that, but they also kind of instinctively understand that the foundation for the work we need to do on all of that rests with making sure we've got a free election, where when you pick candidate A or candidate B, your vote actually counts.