| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb ideo-motorly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (ideo-motorly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ideo-motor.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "IDEO-MOTOR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Ideo-motor \I`de*o-mo"tor\, adjective. [Ideo- motor.]. (references) |
