Instinctive Definition

ĭn-stĭngktĭv
adjective
Of, or having the nature of, instinct.
Webster's New World
Prompted or done by or as if by instinct.
Webster's New World
Arising from impulse or natural inclination; done without thought or conscious effort; spontaneous.
An instinctive sympathy for the downtrodden.
American Heritage
Being such by natural inclination rather than conscious effort or study.
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Instinctive Sentence Examples

  • It was instinctive after so many years.

  • One hand shot out in an instinctive search for anything to stop her fall.

  • The nature of instinctive imitation needs working out iii further detail.

  • It was his size – combined with a prey's instinctive sixth sense warning it of a predator – that caused people to move away from him.

  • Their petting grew more frenzied, more instinctive, and far from the languid, sensuous control he had intended to use with her.

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EVEIVE

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