instinctively

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   as a matter of instinct

   “he instinctively grabbed the knife”

Questions about instinctively

What does instinctively mean?

instinctively means "as a matter of instinct".

How many syllables are in instinctively?

instinctively has 4 syllables: in-stinc-tive-ly. The stress falls on "stinc". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈstɪŋktɪvˌli/.

Is instinctively a common word?

instinctively is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with instinctively?

42 words rhyme with instinctively. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.