Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

instinctually

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
in-stinc-tu-al-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an instinctual way.

Etymology

Etymology tree English instinctual Middle English -ly English -ly English instinctually From instinctual + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more instinctually (comparative) most instinctually (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does instinctually mean?
In an instinctual way.
Where does instinctually come from?
Etymology tree English instinctual Middle English -ly English -ly English instinctually From instinctual + -ly.

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