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# instinctively

«instinctively» in Mova's school dictionary: **doing something naturally, without thinking about it or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (instinctively)

### meaning for a pupil

Instinctively means doing something naturally, without thinking about it or being taught, because you feel it is right or your body does it automatically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science, animals act instinctively: birds build nests, spiders spin webs and baby turtles head to the sea without being taught. In safety, people instinctively pull a hand away from heat or put their arms out when falling. In stories, a character instinctively knows something is wrong or ducks out of the way. Phrases: act instinctively, know instinctively.

### examples

- She instinctively put her hands out when she fell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/#x1)
- Baby turtles instinctively crawl towards the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/#x2)
- I instinctively pulled my hand away from the hot pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/#x3)
- He instinctively knew something was wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/#x4)
- The cat instinctively crouched when it saw the bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/#x5)
- Birds instinctively know how to build nests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/#x6)

### note

Adverb from «instinctive»; noun «instinct». Spelling: in-stinc-tive-ly. Instinct is behaviour you are born with; learned behaviour, like reading, is not instinctive.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «instinctively» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/instinctively/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.