Synonyms for instinctively
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1. instinctivelyadverb

   Synonyms:
   instinctually

2. instinctivelyadverb

   Innately, by instinct, without being taught.

   Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't.

   Synonyms:
   instinctually

Princeton's WordNet

1. instinctivelyadverb

   as a matter of instinct

   "he instinctively grabbed the knife"

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1. reflexively

   "reflex" and "instinct" are synonyms so their adverbial terms should also be synonyms.

   amanda instinctively punched andrew in the face for jumping out and scaring her when they were at the haunted house.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 22, 2020  

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1. Marlo Anderson:

   A lot of dogs instinctively know when there's a crisis going on and so a lot of them do go to try to protect their owners, so she very well may have been trying to protect him.

2. Mohammad Gulab:

   That’s as simple as it takes… I wish it would happen as instinctively as Mohammed Gulab gave Marcus Luttrell safety. We should be returning that same sentiment.

3. Donald Trump:

   Instinctively, you would say, 'Isn't that a ridiculous thing? but actually, it's a very good thing. And it actually makes money, it could make a lot of money.

4. Ray Locker:

   The State Department crowd [Nixon] thought were all associated with what he called the Georgetown crowd. Same with the CIA. So he just didn't – he wasn't of them, they weren't of him, and he didn't trust them, he knew instinctively that those people looked down on him – had felt it throughout his entire career, even as vice president.

5. Junichi Ishikawa:

   Last week's dollar/yen plunge was such that it was natural for some to instinctively buy the dollar.