Instinctively is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Instinctively meaning
Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
Using Instinctively
- The main meaning on this page is: Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
- In the example corpus, instinctively often appears in combinations such as: and instinctively, he instinctively, people instinctively.
Context around Instinctively
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Instinctively
- In this selection, "instinctively" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shirt, confusion, wrong, bent, sympathetic and dragged stand out and add context to how "instinctively" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include always been instinctively driven to and appears to instinctively understand how. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "instinctively" sits close to words such as acquittal, alfa and ambani, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with instinctively
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He still instinctively looks for her. (6 words)
People instinctively love to help other people, which is beautiful. (10 words)
I don’t really know him, but I instinctively like Joe. (11 words)
The X-Rated maverick, who has always been instinctively driven to meet a formidable challenge, emerged from Italy’s University of Trieste with flights of fancy that dared drift beyond a life of ores and minerals. (36 words)
He said he slipped it into his coat pocket and headed into the hospital, where he planned to give it to a supervisor but in the confusion instinctively put it on Kennedy's stretcher instead. (35 words)
Journalists will instinctively stick up for their trade, even when it’s been up to things that they personally would never dream of doing themselves. (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
As we walked, Ruth Giles Ott, in a black JazzinChicago.org shirt, instinctively bent to pick trash.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Chancellor-turned-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are instinctively, and politically, not fans of that kind of intervention.
Corbyn was open to a second Scottish referendum and instinctively sympathetic to a 32-county Ireland.
For example, not to be instinctively dragged into a long round of fighting in Gaza.
He appears to instinctively understand how to be playful with new mediums while retaining a mature dad-rock vibe.
He said he slipped it into his coat pocket and headed into the hospital, where he planned to give it to a supervisor but in the confusion instinctively put it on Kennedy's stretcher instead.
He still instinctively looks for her.
I don’t really know him, but I instinctively like Joe.
I instinctively opened the door, and when I did, they fired a weapon.
I myself, have never indulged in anything like that because I know it's wrong instinctively.
Journalists will instinctively stick up for their trade, even when it’s been up to things that they personally would never dream of doing themselves.
Komekko instinctively knows how to exude the most threatening aura she can, assuming an intimidating position while letting a ferocious growl loose.
Many alumni instinctively see the failings of legacy admissions elsewhere, but the good parts close to home.
Midway through the cut, Jelly Roll laughs at himself as he instinctively tries to toss his hair back over his shoulder.
People instinctively love to help other people, which is beautiful.
The first morning I woke up in my tent and instinctively reached for my phone.
The point is that correct behaviour depends on exact timing and you will instinctively know when the time has come to spring into action.
The X-Rated maverick, who has always been instinctively driven to meet a formidable challenge, emerged from Italy’s University of Trieste with flights of fancy that dared drift beyond a life of ores and minerals.
This is why I am instinctively opposed to AI, but I don’t know how it can be stopped.
Through the open windows she saw the pomegranate and fig trees, ringed with flowers, and instinctively breathed in their scent from the shady courtyard.
Common combinations with instinctively
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and instinctively 7×
- he instinctively 5×
- people instinctively 5×
- instinctively understand 4×
- instinctively know 4×
- instinctively that 4×
- we instinctively 4×
- instinctively want 4×
- almost instinctively 4×
- instinctively and 3×