Reverse Dictionary: INSTINCTIVE

INSTINCTIVE, INSTINCTIVELY

ADJECTIVES
1935 SEAT-OF-THE-PANTS acting instinctively, spontaneously, or expediently → colloq.


ADVERBS
1836 INSTINCTUALLY in an instinctive manner
1857 BY REFLEX instinctively, automatically
..L19 AT GUT LEVEL instinctively → sl.
1938 BY THE SEAT OF ONE’S PANTS by instinct and experience rather than logic, expert knowledge, or technical aid
1940 BY GUESS AND BY GOD by approximation and instinct; not by precise or infallible means → Amer. sl.


NOUNS
1556 NATURALNESS instinct, instinctiveness → obs.
1616 ANIMALITY physical, instinctive behaviour or character
1802 APPETENCY instinctive inclination or propensity
1830 INSTINCTIVITY a being instinctive; proneness to instinctive action


PHRASES
1475 OF HIS KIND by its very nature; instinctively → obs.
1605 — FEEL IN ONE’S BONES instinctively, in one’s inner most being
..19C I’VE A FEELING IN ME WATER I have a premonition, a hunch, an instinctive feeling → sl.
1923 — KNOW IN ONE’S BONES instinctively, in one’s inner most being
1966 OFF THE WALL instinctive, intuitive, off the cuff → US sl.