INTUITIVELY

intuitively

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

intuitively (comparative more intuitively, superlative most intuitively)

By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively.

Source: Wiktionary


In*tu"i*tive*ly, adv.

Definition: In an intuitive manner.

INTUITIVE

In*tu"i*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. intuitif.]

1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.

2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning. Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or intuitive. Milton.

3. Received. reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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