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.
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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