Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intuitively

/ˌɪntˈuɪtɪvli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: in-tu-itive-ly
IPA: /ˌɪntˈuɪtɪvli/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively.

Example Sentences

"Though he had never been to art school, he intuitively painted vivid landscapes."
""I will," said Constance, who felt intuitively that Lady Marchmont spoke the truth: "I thought that there was something very peculiar in your manner at Mrs. Howard's fête; and Lady Dudley——""
"Thus, native speakers have an intuitive knowledge of the syntactic relations between the words in sentences in their language; in other words, they intuitively know how words are combined together to form Phrases, and Phrases are combined together to form sentences. [...]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English intuitive Middle English -ly English -ly English intuitively From intuitive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more intuitively (comparative) most intuitively (superlative)

Antonyms

unintuitively

Questions

How do you pronounce intuitively?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪntˈuɪtɪvli/.
What does intuitively mean?: By intuition; with skill or accuracy, but without special training or planning; instinctively.
Where does intuitively come from?: Etymology tree English intuitive Middle English -ly English -ly English intuitively From intuitive + -ly.

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