Knee-jerkishly
adv, slang
adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a knee-jerkish manner. informal
"Measurement specialists have been touting the importance of validity and reliability for so many years that most educators, when asked about how to judge a test's quality, will almost knee-jerkishly respond that validity and reliability are at the top of the test-evaluation list."
Example
More examples"Measurement specialists have been touting the importance of validity and reliability for so many years that most educators, when asked about how to judge a test's quality, will almost knee-jerkishly respond that validity and reliability are at the top of the test-evaluation list."
Etymology
From knee-jerkish + -ly.
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