reflexively in English

adverb

[rɪ'fleksɪvlɪ]

with a subject and object that have the same referent (Grammar)

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "reflexively" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "reflexively", or refer to the context using the word "reflexively" in the English Dictionary.

1. 8 He felt his head jerk reflexively.

2. To cause to go (usually used reflexively):She Betook herself to town

3. To cause to go (usually used reflexively): She Betook herself to town

4. Bethink definition, to think; consider (used reflexively): He bethought himself a moment

5. Bethink definition, to think; consider (used reflexively): He Bethought himself a moment

6. Satan took the bait and fastened his teeth reflexively on the blocking forearm.

7. 18 Satan took the bait and fastened his teeth reflexively on the blocking forearm.

8. We studied how amphibians and reptiles respond reflexively to abrupt exposure to microgravity on a parabolic aircraft flight.

9. To stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She Bestirred herself at the first light of morning.

10. Bestir definition, to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She Bestirred herself at the first light of morning

11. People now hear only the reflexively anti-pesticide drumbeat of the environmental movement, the lamentable legacy of the benighted Rachel Carson and her acolytes.

12. By charging or suggesting Gates was a victim of racial profiling, all three were guilty of having reflexively reverted to racial stereotypes about white cops.

13. If in the eyes of the Calumnious and newly interested left, that didn’t reflexively make one a fascist sympathizer, well, one could think of that as a nice step in the right direction

14. Pro-Abortionist such as the Planned Parenthoods and NARALs reflexively chirp how the public "supports choice." It's not true but even less so when the object of that "choice" is a well-developed unborn child.

15. Behave: 1 v Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself “Don't Behave like a fool” Synonyms: act , do act , act as , play pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind act , dissemble , pretend Behave unnaturally or affectedly Types: show 40 types hide 40 types act involuntarily , act reflexively

16. SYNONYMY NOTE: Behave, used reflexively (as also the other words in this comparison), implies action in conformity with the required standards of decorum [did the children Behave themselves?]; conduct implies the direction or guidance of one's actions in a specified way [he conducted himself well at the trial]; demean 2 suggests behavior or appearance that is indicative of the specified