IMPULSIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impulsively mean? 

• IMPULSIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb IMPULSIVELY has 1 sense:

1. in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions

  Familiarity information: IMPULSIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPULSIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions

Synonyms:

impetuously; impulsively

Context example:

he often acts impulsively and later regrets it

Pertainym:

impulsive (characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation)

 Context examples 

Every good, true, vigorous feeling I have gathers impulsively round him.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient act impulsively without appearing to consider the consequences?

(NPI - Act Impulsively without Appearing to Consider the Consequences, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient seem to act impulsively without thinking?

(NPI - Seem to Act Impulsively Without Thinking, NCI Thesaurus)

“If trouble comes, will you stand by?” I asked impulsively, for he had voiced my own fear.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She hurried from the room as impulsively as she had entered, and we heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had risen, as if impulsively, from where she lay on the sofa, and raised both her hands, palms upwards, as if lifting a weight.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The putamen is a key brain hub in addiction, sending dopamine signals elsewhere in the brain, and helping mediate how impulsively we behave.

(Young people at risk of addiction show differences in key brain region, University of Cambridge)

"I'd give anything to see you get over it," she broke out impulsively.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It seemed but poor comfort to so brave and unselfish a soul, and impulsively I bent over and kissed him.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"Yes, I've read 'm," he broke in impulsively, spurred on to exhibit and make the most of his little store of book knowledge, desirous of showing her that he was not wholly a stupid clod.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)