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spontaneously

[spon-tey-nee-uhs-lee]

adverb

  1. naturally, without premeditation, prompting, or planning.

    The author recounts how a fully-fledged exchange market economy emerged spontaneously in his POW camp.

    These answers were given spontaneously to an open-ended question that did not offer response options.

  2. in an impulsive way.

    It was so cold the other night that I spontaneously booked a trip to Turks and Caicos.

  3. by a natural process or from an internal force or cause.

    A calf should normally stand spontaneously within 60–90 minutes of its birth.

    The symptoms resolved spontaneously within 6 months of onset.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonspontaneously adverb
  • semispontaneously adverb
  • subspontaneously adverb
  • unspontaneously adverb
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He said the community gathered "spontaneously and collectively" in the gardens outside The Atkinson, "standing defiantly in the face of evil".

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The devices contain lithium-ion batteries which, when damaged, can spontaneously combust.

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But it didn't stop the crowd spontaneously chanting anthems like Seventeen Going Under and Hypersonic Missiles long after the songs had finished, bringing a smile to Fender's face.

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“Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction.”

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A local festival not far from Shahid Rajee Port that was supposed to be a celebration spontaneously turned into a solemn occasion for remembering the dead and praying for the injured.

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