instinctual

[in-stingk-choo-uhl] / ɪnˈstɪŋk tʃu əl /

ADJECTIVE

instinctive

Synonyms

WEAK

accustomed by seat of one's pants congenital habitual impulsive inborn ingrained inherent innate intrinsic intuitional intuitive involuntary knee-jerk mechanical native natural normal regular rooted second-nature spontaneous typical unlearned unmeditated unpremeditated unprompted unthinking visceral

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I’m a really instinctual person and I get feelings — I feel like I’m a little psychic.

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They’re hard-working, action-oriented and instinctual, and they tend to learn by doing.

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“Yermak was more a sort of instinctual negotiator…Budanov has his instincts, but I think he’s going to be much more punctilious about the preparations.”

From The Wall Street Journal

His technical skill was instinctual and his style was unmatched — up until this point, scratching was mostly an East Coast thing.

From Los Angeles Times

For the actor, Padilha says, choosing what he wants to do is always instinctual, never premeditated.

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