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Princeton's WordNet

  1. reflexly, reflexivelyadverb

    in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes

    "such effects can be induced reflexly"; "she answered reflexively, without thinking"

Wiktionary

  1. reflexivelyadverb

    In a reflexive manner.

  2. reflexivelyadverb

    By reflex, automatically, without conscious thought.

    Reflexively he opened his mouth to breathe, forgetting he was under water.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Reflexivelyadverb

    In a backward direction.

    Etymology: from reflexive.

    Solomon tells us life and death are in the power of the tongue, and that not only directly in regard of the good or ill we may do to others, but reflexively also, in respect of what may rebound to ourselves. Government of the Tongue.

ChatGPT

  1. reflexively

    Reflexively refers to behaving, thinking, or feeling in an automatic, instinctive, or habitual manner, without conscious thought or deliberation. It can also refer to a relationship or property in mathematics or logic that applies to each element in relation to itself.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of reflexively in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of reflexively in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of reflexively in a Sentence

  1. Clarence Thomass:

    We should not continue to reflexively apply this policy-driven approach to the Constitution.

  2. Comptroller Thomas Curry:

    Internally we want to be open to rethinking things that we've reflexively said 'No' to or maybe made it so highly conditional it was an effective 'No', the message we're trying to give is... we're open to working through those things. We're not guaranteeing the result, but we're ready to talk and to think.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    He is just reflexively against anything that has any international implication.

  4. Randall Woodfin:

    I am dismayed because this controversy might have been avoided entirely, had it been handled differently. I am dismayed because, as has been the case throughout Birmingham's history, people of good will behaved reflexively, rather than engaging in meaningful discourse over their differences and seeking common ground, throughout my life, I have been a person who tries to see and understand all reasonable points of view on any given issue. As mayor, I believe that quality is an essential part of my job, a means of encouraging interchange and forging the consensus necessary to arrive at fair and workable solutions to any issue or opportunity that confronts us as a city.

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