: relating to or based on instinct : based on feelings or desires that do not come from thinking or learning
▪ Cats have an instinctive desire to hunt. ▪ an instinctive reaction/response ▪ instinctive behavior
▪ Cats have an instinctive desire to hunt. ▪ an instinctive reaction/response ▪ instinctive behavior
— in·stinc·tive·ly adverb
▪ She felt instinctively that something was wrong. = Instinctively, she felt (that) something was wrong. ▪ He knew instinctively what not to say.
▪ She felt instinctively that something was wrong. = Instinctively, she felt (that) something was wrong. ▪ He knew instinctively what not to say.







