primally
In an instinctive way
In a primal way—at the most basic, instinctive, or elemental level.
Something that affects you primally bypasses thought and hits raw emotion or instinct: The music moved her primally, before she could analyze why.
He was primally afraid of the dark.
Driven by natural impulse
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- innateExisting since birth
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- reflexiveDirected back at subject
hardwired · unconscious · automatic · spontaneous · animalistic · unlearned · inborn · inherent
Not passed through screen
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
- fundamentalForming the base
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- basicFundamental in nature
crude · unrefined · stripped-down · bare · pure · untamed · wild · natural
Before documented civilization
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
evolutionary · tribal · cave-dwelling · hunter-gatherer · origin · genesis · dawn · earliest
instinctual
Driven by natural impulse
reflexive · hardwired · unconscious · automatic · spontaneous · animalistic · unlearned · inborn · inherent · impulsive
unfiltered
Not passed through screen
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
- fundamentalForming the base
- essentialFundamentally necessary
basic · crude · unrefined · stripped-down · bare · pure · untamed · wild · natural · organic
prehistoric
Before documented civilization
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- ancestralOf one's forebears
archaic · evolutionary · tribal · cave-dwelling · hunter-gatherer · origin · genesis · dawn · earliest · atavistic
primallyintellectually
In a thinking manner
rationally · cerebrally · analytically · logically · thoughtfully
primallysophisticatedly
In refined, worldly manner
culturally · civilly · modernly · urbanely · elegantly
primallysuperficially
At surface level only
derivatively · secondarily · peripherally · tangentially · incidentally
- primal screamsTherapeutic howls releasing trauma
- primal fearInnate, ancient terror
- primal instinctInnate survival-driven urge
- primal urgeFundamental instinctual drive
- primal forceFundamental cosmic energy
- primal therapyPsychological treatment through emotional release