Most of the time, he does so "unthinkingly," which is to say, utilizing wholly automatic and largely unconscious processes. From Wordnik.com. [Everybody] Reference
'Baptist, I understand,' said Smiley unthinkingly. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder of Quality]
'That will be nice, dear,' said Mother unthinkingly. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
I believe that the media embraced this nonsense unthinkingly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2008] Reference
Jesse had moved quickly and unthinkingly to get him out of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Donald, unthinkingly employing an expression heard in childhood. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Investors who followed it unthinkingly are now feeling acute pain. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The 'Circle Of Competence'] Reference
I cursed myself for how unthinkingly I had wandered into her dream. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
It may unthinkingly move along the groove made for it by tradition. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
She obeyed unthinkingly, dabbing at her nose with the back of her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Blinking, Sophie found she had unthinkingly surrendered her hand to his. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
English visitors to India unthinkingly are sometimes remiss in this respect. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
It occurred to Umlaut that following anyone unthinkingly was not the best course. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
"Does your mother know how you happened to meet him?" asked Jessica unthinkingly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Perhaps it was just unthinkingly on the spur of the moment that I did what I did. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
This does not mean, of course, that I will unthinkingly accept all local standards. From Wordnik.com. [Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries] Reference
But no rule can exceed in importance this one, never to make any music unthinkingly. From Wordnik.com. [Music Talks with Children] Reference
Nat released him unthinkingly, his mind fully taken up with what the light revealed. From Wordnik.com. [The Beast of Space] Reference
He had unthinkingly spoken Zelandonii, which let her know just how worried he had been. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
She jumped in to forestall him, unthinkingly giving him an even worse impression of her. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
And then she stared at him forgetfully, and, unthinkingly, with great disappointed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
I had a little dog with me and we unthinkingly stepped in the spring making the water roily. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
Mitchenor's house, -- he could forget his doom, and enjoy the blessing of life unthinkingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862] Reference
He had, it seems quite forgotten what he had unthinkingly said at the sight of the two friars. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Instead, he acts impetuously and unthinkingly, as the feeling of the passing moment impels him. From Wordnik.com. [The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training] Reference
Nisus gets clear; and now unthinkingly he had passed the enemy, and the place afterwards called. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
She turned away from the microscope and unthinkingly pressed her gory knuckles to her forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
Krishna stirred in the sugar, unthinkingly, watching the dark liquid swirl. From Wordnik.com. [Like a Calm Sea] Reference
"Yes," Fyn admitted unthinkingly, his habitual truthfulness once again overriding his common sense. From Wordnik.com. [The Nitrogen Fix]
Almost without knowing what he did, he laid his whole heart and soul, suddenly and unthinkingly, at. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Someone introduced the silly fashion of returning from holidays, and we have unthinkingly acquired the habit. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920] Reference
Eliot had been for those boys who at the time so casually and unthinkingly enjoyed her wayward companionship. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
The very tall, thin man who unthinkingly wears a very short coat should be brave and never turn his back to his enemy. From Wordnik.com. [What Dress Makes of Us] Reference
The words left Nan's lips unthinkingly, almost before she was aware, and she regretted them the moment they were spoken. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
"Yes, he can be very charming when he chooses," I said, unthinkingly, but very sorry for my remark directly it was uttered. From Wordnik.com. [Medoline Selwyn's Work] Reference
"Yes, I know," I said unthinkingly; "but a man like Mr. Winthrop is foolish to let a woman like Mr.. Le Grande embitter his life.". From Wordnik.com. [Medoline Selwyn's Work] Reference
The Sergeant, unthinkingly, after "Stand to!" was sounded, went on in his earnest endeavor to camouflage the battery with the snow. From Wordnik.com. [S.O.S. Stand to!] Reference
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