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SUBCONSCIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subconsciously mean?
• SUBCONSCIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb SUBCONSCIOUSLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SUBCONSCIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
From the subconscious mind
Context example:
the image came to him subconsciously
Pertainym:
subconscious (just below the level of consciousness)
Context examples
Excited by the day- long pursuit of him, swayed subconsciously by the insistent iteration on their brains of the sight of him fleeing away, mastered by the feeling of mastery enjoyed all day, the dogs could not bring themselves to give way to him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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