In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
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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