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View synonyms for spontaneously
spontaneously
[ spon-tey-nee-uhs-lee ]
adverb
- 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.
- in an impulsive way:
It was so cold the other night that I spontaneously booked a trip to Turks and Caicos.
- 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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- non·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb
- sem·i·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb
- sub·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb
- un·spon·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb
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