intuitive
Americanadjective
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perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.
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perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition.
intuitive knowledge.
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having or possessing intuition.
an intuitive person.
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capable of being perceived or known by intuition.
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easy to understand or operate without explicit instruction.
an intuitive design;
an intuitive interface.
adjective
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resulting from intuition
an intuitive awareness
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of, characterized by, or involving intuition
Other Word Forms
- intuitively adverb
- intuitiveness noun
- nonintuitive adjective
- nonintuitiveness noun
- quasi-intuitive adjective
- unintuitive adjective
Etymology
Origin of intuitive
From the Medieval Latin word intuitīvus, dating back to 1585–95. See intuition, -ive
Example Sentences
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While not an inventor, Jobs -- who died in 2011 at age 56 -- was renowned for his uncompromising drive to marry technology with design to create products that were intuitive and hassle-free.
From Barron's
The worry is intuitive, and it isn’t entirely wrong: When a tool thinks for us, we tend to think less.
Mr. Shear, a New Yorker, has made a movie that has an intuitive understanding of how the city’s random vectors intersect with each other.
"The decay is not just an electronic process -- it is steered by nuclear motion in a very direct and intuitive way."
From Science Daily
The apps I made looked polished, worked well and were intuitive to use.
From BBC
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