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intuitionally - 2 dictionary results

in⋅tu⋅i⋅tion⋅al

   [in-too-ish-uh-nl, -tyoo-]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or of the nature of intuition.
2. characterized by intuition; having intuition.
3. based on intuition as a principle.
Origin:
1855–60; intuition + -al 1
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in·tu·i·tion     (ĭn'tōō-ĭsh'ən, -tyōō-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition. See Synonyms at reason.
    2. Knowledge gained by the use of this faculty; a perceptive insight.
  2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an impression.


[Middle English intuicioun, insight, from Late Latin intuitiō, intuitiōn-, a looking at, from Latin intuitus, a look, from past participle of intuērī, to look at, contemplate : in-, on; see in-2 + tuērī, to look at.]

in'tu·i'tion·al adj., in'tu·i'tion·al·ly adv.
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