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reˈflexively, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
a. In a reflexive or reflecting manner, by way of reflection (in various senses).
1674Govt. Tongue 223 Not only directly..but reflexively also, in respect of what may rebound to our selves. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 636 Reflexively examining himself whether he have a phantasm, or sensible idea, belonging to every word, or no. a1716South Twelve Serm. (1717) VI. 105 Ay, but he spoke slightly and reflexively of such a Lady. 1858Caswall Poems 192 Thyself by nurture, meditation, grace, Reflexively reveal'd. 1867C. J. Smith Syn. & Antonyms, Abeyance, The term has been transferred reflexively from the person waiting to the thing waited for.
b. = reflexly adv.; in the manner of a reflex action, automatically. rare.
1952Mind LXI. 252 As is usual with such reflexively repeated dicta, this one is true but never practical to follow. 1966D. F. Galouye Lost Perception xvi. 172 Instantly the three men twisted round. The closest was Wellford. Reflexively, he loosed a laser discharge. |