intuitively

adverb

as in instinctively

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Recent Examples of intuitively There’s some evidence from studying Indigenous cultures that human minds intuitively value the relationship between numbers more than the absolute difference between them. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026 Underneath the surface, the Fashion Studio intuitively harnesses the cumulative power of leading AI models without overwhelming the designer with having to learn a new technology to do the same job. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026 The idea that the gooey mass inside the skull contains some ineffable, nonprogrammable essence—consciousness, spirit, or something else—may be intuitively appealing. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026 The real battleground is over the robot brains, or vision-language-action (VLA) models, which are designed to turn human inputs into embodied AI performing intuitively and accurately. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026 Effective leadership fundamentally relies on human connection, empathy, and the ability to intuitively understand others—all are qualities biologically governed by sleep. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Rollerena seems to have understood this almost intuitively, resisting the slide into obscurity. — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2026 My father understood this intuitively. — Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Fortune, 21 June 2026 Authentic Connection From the beginning of time, humans have always intuitively known that community and connection are vitally important. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intuitively
  1. instinctively
  2. essentially
  3. fundamentally
Adverb
  • People instinctively grab whoever happens to be sitting beside them.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Summary Research reveals humans instinctively add solutions to problems, a cognitive default observed in studies where people preferred adding over subtracting, even when removal would yield better results.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of instinctively
Adverb
  • Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang has similarly said that work-life balance is essentially nonexistent for him.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Erik Neander, who as president of baseball operations is essentially in charge of how everyone involved feels, is expectedly optimistic.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of essentially
Adverb
  • That could make life harder for the NCAA in court given that the organization has long argued for deferential treatment on the basis that college sports is a fundamentally different product than pro sports.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This becomes particularly problematic in the context of generative AI, where the interaction between people and information has fundamentally changed.
    — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of fundamentally

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“Intuitively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intuitively. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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