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instinctively

/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/ adverb C1
  1. Innately; by instinct; without being taught. · Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't.
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The true nobility laughed at him, the talented repelled him, and the honorable instinctively despised him.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 866 · C1
She had instinctively turned away; but stopping on his approach, received his compliments with an embarrassment impossible to be overcome.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 281 · B2
Valentine instinctively raised her eyes, as if to thank heaven.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 761 · C1
He had by that time reached it also; and, holding out a letter, which she instinctively took, said, with a look of haughty composure, “I have been walking in the grove some time, in the hope of meeting you.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 226 · B2

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