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impulsively

Canada, US, UK/ɪmˈpʌlsɪvli/Australia/ɪmˈpɐlsɪvli/

adverb

What it means

  1. In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.

    "Of course, this wasn't part of some master plan. I impulsively used my vast power to do something nice without thinking it through. And then something I didn't expect happened. Even though I should have expected it."

    2014 July 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014

In a sentence

"Of course, this wasn't part of some master plan. I impulsively used my vast power to do something nice without thinking it through. And then something I didn't expect happened. Even though I should have expected it."

2014 July 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014

Where it comes from

From impulsive + -ly.

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