impulsively

From impulsive + -ly.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpʌlsɪvli/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɐlsɪvli/

impulsively (comparative more impulsively, superlative most impulsively)

1. In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.
   • 2014 July 22, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014:

     "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."

• impulse
• impulsion
• impulsive
• impulsiveness
• impulsor

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impulsively”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “impulsively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.