reflexly
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a word derived from
reflex.
reflexadjectivenoting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
Example Sentences
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Some develop it reflexly from high blood pressure and it is probable that all hyper-thyroids are sensitive to the vagus nerve.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Miss Barnet sprang reflexly from the harness of an eight-hour day.
From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst
The animals are said to croak reflexly after this operation whenever the back is stroked; but for some reason I have never been successful in getting the reaction uniformly.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
In adults a few small blisters may be used intermittently around the borders of the heart, after the acute symptoms are over, to act reflexly on the heart and possibly aid absorption of inflammatory products.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
When ideas, feelings, etc., enter into a process which is carried out reflexly, a habit is formed.
From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Wesley Mills