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Involuntary vs Intuitively - What's the difference?

involuntary | intuitively |

As an adjective involuntary

is without intention; unintentional.

As an adverb intuitively is

done with skill, but without special training or planning; instinctively.

involuntary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Without intention; unintentional.
    • He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
  • Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.
    • He found himself the involuntary witness in the trial.

    Synonyms

    * unbewised * unvoluntary

    Derived terms

    * involuntarily * involuntariness

    Related terms

    * volunteer

    References

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    intuitively

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Done with skill, but without special training or planning; instinctively.
  • *
    • Thus, native speakers have an intuitive knowledge of the syntactic relations between the words in sentences in their language; in other words, they intuitively know how words are combined together to form Phrases, and Phrases are combined together to form sentences. [...]
    Though he had never been to art school, he intuitively painted vivid landscapes.