Definition of "instinctively"

instinctively

/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/

adverb
comparative more instinctively, superlative most instinctively
1. Innately; by instinct; without being taught.
  Quotations
  She loved him so passionately, and he was so godlike in her eyes; and being, though untrained, instinctively refined, her nature cried for his tutelary guidance.
  1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 26
  'I am, perhaps, overgreedy, but I sense a good cook instinctively.'
  1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 270