Synonym: natural. Similar words: instinctively, distinctive, distinctiveness, instinct, instructive, distinction, disjunctive, constructive. Meaning: [ɪn'stɪŋktɪv] adj. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct.
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31. That, thought Dalgliesh, would point to premeditation, or to the instinctive precaution of a knowledgeable expert.
32. So, goes the conspiracy, the Foreign Office can now give free rein to its instinctive Arabism.
33. By inhibiting our initial instinctive action we have the choice to make entirely different decisions.
34. Sexology and psychology had proved that men and women had the same instinctive need for pleasure and fulfilment.
35. His instinctive reaction was to duck when he heard the shot, even though he knew it was pointless.
36. Leaning back into the hill and stiffening the downhill leg is the worst reaction, if the most instinctive.
37. This instinctive reaction is independent of our intellect; the reaction does not depend on knowledge or intellectual assessment of risk.
38. More generally, the instinctive drive for self-preservation led to the emergence of a range of public and governmental institutions.
39. It was an instinctive reaction in defence of my guest, but I felt uncomfortable about it afterwards.
40. They are, as l have argued earlier in this chapter, instinctive responses to the pre-linguistic prototypical behaviour of animals.
41. It is difficult to prevent this sort of instinctive reaction.
42. And that, too, was Luke, she thought - the sure touch, the instinctive flair and selection.
43. Admittedly lust was involved, but the major motivation had been that unexplainable, instinctive emotion called love.
44. Capitalists resisted, which was an instinctive response, but also a rational one.
45. She formed a instinctive rapport with many patients, her efforts giving her a real sense of achievement.
46. That little bit of table-turning on Bob had been an instinctive response.
47. Yet the firstborn of such a semblance would be purestrain Stealer again. With appalling, instinctive inevitability the cycle would recommence.
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48. I didn't even have to think about it to dislike the idea; my repugnance was instinctive.
49. As a practising novelist, my instinctive reaction is to repudiate the deconstructionist position.
50. Of respectable working-class background with some pretentions to gentility, without formal education, she nevertheless possessed an instinctive refinement of manner.
51. Added to that is her instinctive feeling for people - what to do and say that will please them most.
52. Start in class by playing in your own instinctive style and gradually improve and fill it out.
53. Our instinctive reactions seem to be rooted in the past and they are not always appropriate to twentieth-century living.
54. We need to restore the balance between the heartfelt reason of instinctive wisdom and the rational insights of scientific analysis.
55. They help ward off the horse's instinctive perpetual fear of danger.
56. Thus a parent's moral duty to protect his or her children is grounded in instinctive feelings proper to our species.
57. Alderman Keane, an instinctive gut fighter, went on television and made snide remarks about the divorce.
58. She's an instinctive player.
59. When women are in touch with this instinctive level of life, they may have deep insights into current situations.
60. Children in primary school playgrounds clearly demonstrate an instinctive pleasure in rhythm, pattern and rhyme.
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