Knee-jerkishly

adv, slang

adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

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"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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