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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Instinctive

/ĭnˌ-stĭng'-ktĭv/ · In·stinc·tive · IPA /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/
01 a. Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensit…
  1. 1.
    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.
    “With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate.” — Mason.
    “Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends?” Bp. Hall.