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.