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spontaneously

adverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li//
  • United States//spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li//

In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.

    The idea that the body could spontaneously ignite was promoted by the 19th-century temperance movement.

    Smaller-scale isolated deaf-education programs had existed previously in 20th-century Nicaragua, Shepard-Kegl says, but the critical mass needed to spontaneously develop Nicaraguan Sign Language only occurred with the opening of Melania Morales.

Etymology

Etymology tree English spontaneous Middle English -ly English -ly English spontaneously From spontaneous + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more spontaneously
superlative
most spontaneously
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).