Synonyms of instinctively

instinctively

adverb

as in intuitively

Related Words

• intuitively
• essentially
• fundamentally
• basically
• intimately
• elementally
• inherently
• intrinsically
• naturally
• constitutionally
• innately
• congenitally

Dissimilar Words

• artificially
• unnaturally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of instinctively

When competition increases, most businesses instinctively focus on pricing as their primary lever. — Dmitriy Schwarzburg, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Rooftops and Nightcaps Then Merchant & Trade rises above the skyline with the kind of rooftop view that makes people instinctively reach for their phones to capture a few sexy shots before throwing one back. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

France’s left-back, on his way from Aston Villa to Paris Saint-Germain this summer, instinctively swivelled and attempted to clear, taking out the incoming Yamal with a swipe through the thigh in the process. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Statements like that help explain why a player can drive her fist into Clark's neck, and reporters instinctively rush to defend the player who threw the punch instead of the player who took it. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026

Participants reacted instinctively to sounds approaching from behind, even when no visual object was present. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026

In the period immediately preceding the war, Reynolds shows us, people on both sides almost instinctively reached for this conceit to explain the irrepressible conflict. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Humans are instinctively averse to pain, conditioned instead to solve and strengthen and maximize, to inure ourselves to hurt. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

As a young child, riding across the water in his uncle's boat, Watts instinctively stuck his hand into the spray, letting the lake rush past his fingertips. — Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026