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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

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 Mills, Wesley

The little child gets its first mental experiences in connection with certain movements or acts set up reflexly by the pre-organized nervous system.

From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert

His sister flashed him a dark glance, reflexly her hand darting upward to her face.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie

Here the primary cause proceeds reflexly from the pelvis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various