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intuitively

adverbC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,941 of 15,258leans written

Intuitively means by instinct rather than by working it out. Know it intuitively.

It is fast and often right, since it is pattern recognition rather than magic. What feels right intuitively is worth testing, since intuition is trained by experience and misled by novelty.

Definitions of intuitively

  1. 1adverbintuitivelyBy instinct rather than by working it out.C1

    “She knew intuitively which of the two would work.”

intuitively is a manner.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    intueri

  2. Medieval Latin

    intuitivus

  3. Middle French

    intuitif

  4. English

    intuitive

  5. English, today

    intuitively

From intuitive + -ly. intuitive Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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intuitively in the wild

  • In this sense, it is intuitively similar to the mutual information of classical information theory.

    Coherent information

  • The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition.

    Handle

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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the intueri family

intuitive

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