REFLEXLY

reflexly, reflexively

(adverb) in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes; “such effects can be induced reflexly”; “she answered reflexively, without thinking”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

reflexly (not comparable)

In a reflex manner.

a reflexly elicited contraction

Source: Wiktionary


Re*flex"ly, adv.

Definition: In a reflex manner; reflectively.

REFLEX

Re"flex (r"flks), a. Etym: [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere: cf. F. réflexe. See Reflect.]

1. Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective. The reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions. Sir M. Hale.

2. Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.

3. (Physiol.)

Definition: Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness. Reflex action (Physiol.), any action performed involuntarily in consequence of an impulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain muscles, organs, or cells.

– Reflex nerve (Physiol.), an excito-motory nerve. See Exito- motory.

Re"flex (r"flks; formerly r*flks"), n. Etym: [L. reflexus a bending back. See Reflect.]

1. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. Yon gray is not the morning's eye, 'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow. Shak. On the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face. Tennyson.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: An involuntary movement produced by reflex action. Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee.

Re*flex" (r*flks"), v. t. Etym: [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere. See Reflect.]

1. To reflect. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To bend back; to turn back. J. Gregory.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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