reflexly

Variant of reflex

noun

    1. reflection, as of light
    2. light or color resulting from reflection
  1. a reflected image, likeness, or reproduction
    1. Physiol. a reflex action
    2. any quick, automatic or habitual response
    3. ability to react quickly and effectively: a boxer with good reflexes

Origin: < L reflexus, reflected, pp. of reflectere: see reflect

adjective

  1. turned, bent, or reflected back
    1. coming in reaction or reflection: a reflex effect
    2. Physiol. designating or of an involuntary action, as a sneeze, resulting from a stimulus that is carried by an afferent nerve to a nerve center and the response that is reflected along an efferent nerve to some muscle or gland
  2. Electronics designating or of a device, circuit, etc. that has two different functions
  3. Geom. designating an angle greater than a straight angle (180°)

transitive verb

  1. to bend, turn, or fold back
  2. to cause to undergo a reflex process

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