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spon·ta·ne·ous
(spŏn-tā′nē-əs)adj.
1. Happening or arising without apparent external cause; self-generated: a microorganism capable of spontaneous movement.
2. Arising from a natural inclination or impulse and not from forethought or prompting: spontaneous laughter; a spontaneous protest.
3. Unconstrained and unstudied in manner or behavior: a spontaneous personality.
4. Growing without cultivation or human labor: spontaneous vegetation.
[From Late Latin spontāneus, of one's own accord, from Latin sponte; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
spon·ta′ne·ous·ly adv.
spon·ta′ne·ous·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | spontaneously - in a spontaneous manner; "this shift occurs spontaneously" |
2. | spontaneously - without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib" |
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spontaneously
adverb
1. voluntarily, freely, instinctively, impromptu, off the cuff (informal), on impulse, impulsively, in the heat of the moment, extempore, off your own bat, of your own accord, quite unprompted Her husband was never spontaneously warm or friendly towards us.
2. automatically, instinctively, involuntarily, unthinkingly These images surface spontaneously in dreams.
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spontaneously
adverbOf one's own free will:
Idioms: of one's own accord, on one's own volition.
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Translations
بِتِلقائِيَّه، بِعَفْوِيَّه
z vlastní vůle
itsestäänspontaanisti
spontano
önkéntsaját jószántábólspontán módon
af sjálfsdáîum; ósjálfrátt
spontánne
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spontaneously
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spontaneous
(spənˈteiniəs) adjective1. said, done etc of one's own free will without pressure from others. His offer was quite spontaneous.
2. natural; not forced. spontaneous behaviour.
sponˈtaneously adverbsponˈtaneousness noun
spontaneity (spontəˈneiəti) , (spontəˈniːəti) noun
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