'Reflexively' definitions:
Definition of 'Reflexively'
From: GCIDE
- Reflexive \Re*flex"ive\ (-?v), a.
- 1. [Cf. F. r['e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. [1913 Webster]
- Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Implying censure. [Obs.] "What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?" --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*flex"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*flex"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Reflexively'
- Reflex,
- Reflexed,
- Reflexibility,
- Reflexible,
- Reflexity,
- Reflexive,
- Reflexiveness,
- reflexivity,
- Patellar reflex,
- Reflex action,
- Reflex nerve,
- Tendon reflex,
- accommodation reflex,
- acquired reflex,
- act reflexively,
- babinski reflex,
- conditional reflex,
- conditioned reflex,
- defecation reflex,
- gag reflex,
- inborn reflex,
- innate reflex,
- instinctive reflex,
- light reflex,
- micturition reflex,
- moro reflex,
- move reflexively,
- myotactic reflex,
- pharyngeal reflex,
- pilomotor reflex,
- plantar reflex,
- pupillary reflex,
- rectal reflex,
- reflex angle,
- reflex arc,
- reflex camera,
- reflex epilepsy,
- reflex response,
- reflexive pronoun,
- reflexive verb,
- rooting reflex,
- startle reflex,
- stretch reflex,
- suckling reflex,
- unconditioned reflex,
- knee-jerk reflex