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View synonyms for spontaneously

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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  • 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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