Word Meanings - INSTINCTIVELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
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- FORCE
To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak. - NATURALIST
1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell. - INSTINCTION
Instinct; incitement; inspiration. Sir T. Elyot. - NATURAL STEEL
Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore. - INSTINCT
Urged or sas, birds instinct with life. The chariot of paternal deity . . . Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed By four cherubic shapes. Milton. A noble performance, instinct with sound principle. Brougham. (more info) instigate, incite; - INSTINCTIVITY
The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. Coleridge. - NATURAL
Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1. (more info) - FORCEPS
The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing. (more info) 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies - NATURALIZE
1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. 2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of - FORCEFUL
Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. -- Force"ful*ly, adv. Against the steed he threw His forceful spear. Dryden. - MANNERIST
One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. - FORCEMENT
The act of forcing; compulsion. It was imposed upon us by constraint; And will you count such forcement treachery J. Webster. - NATURALNESS
The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature. - MANNERISM
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural - FORCED
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. Forced draught. See under Draught. -- Forced march , a march of one or more - NATURALISM
The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting - NATURALLY
In a natural manner or way; according to the usual course of things; spontaneously. - INSTINCTIVE
Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous. "Instinctive - FORCELESS
Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak. - MANNERLINESS
The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale. - SUPERNATURALNESS
The quality or state of being supernatural. - REINFORCEMENT
See REëNFORCEMENT - PRETERNATURALITY
Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith. - DEFORCEOR
See DEFORCIANT - UNMANNERLY
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. - REENFORCE
To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. - DEFORCE
To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. Burrill. - SUPERNATURAL
Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous. Syn. -- Preternatural. -- Supernatural, Preternatural. Preternatural signifies beside nature, and supernatural, above or beyond nature. What is very greatly aside from the ordinary - SUPERNATURALISM
The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than - OVERFORCE
Excessive force; violence. - PRETERNATURALISM
The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.