An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
INSTINCTIVELY
instinctively
(adverb) as a matter of instinct; “he instinctively grabbed the knife”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
instinctively (comparative more instinctively, superlative most instinctively)
Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
Synonyms
• instinctually
Source: Wiktionary
In*stinc"tive*ly, adv.
Definition: In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
INSTINCTIVE
In*stinc"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. instinctif.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous. "Instinctive motion." Milton. "Instinctive dread." Cowper. With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate. Mason. Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends Bp. Hall.
Note: The terms instinctive belief, instinctive judgment, instinctive cognition, are expressions not ill adapted to characterize a belief, judgment, or cognition, which, as the result of no anterior consciousness, is, like the products of animal instinct, the intelligent effect of (as far as we are concerned) an unknown cause. Sir H. Hamilton.
Syn.
– Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate; inherent; automatic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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