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Involuntarily

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in·vol·un·tar·y  (n-vln-tr)
adj.
1. Acting or done without or against one's will: an involuntary participant in what turned out to be an argument.
2. Not subject to control of the volition: gave an involuntary start. See Synonyms at spontaneous.
in·volun·tari·ly (-târ-l) adv.
in·volun·tari·ness n.
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Adv.1.involuntarily - against your will; "he was involuntarily held against his will"
voluntarily - out of your own free will; "he voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting"
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Instead of being hurt, denying, defending himself, begging forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent even--anything would have been better than what he did do--his face utterly involuntarily (reflex spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology)--utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
If he met a friend, he found that the habit of a lifetime had in some mysterious way vanished-- his arm hung limp, instead of involuntarily extending the hand for a shake.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
My swelling heart involuntarily pours itself out thus.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
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