spontaneously

English

Etymology

From spontaneous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/

Adverb

spontaneously (comparative more spontaneously, superlative most spontaneously)

1. In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
   • 1998 May 26, C. Claiborne Ray, “Q&A; Spontaneous Combustion”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

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

Translations

in a spontaneous manner

• Arabic:

  South Levantine Arabic: عفوًا (ʕafwan)

• Bengali: আপনা আপনি (bn) (apna apni)
• Bulgarian: спонта́нно (bg) (spontánno)
• Catalan: espontàniament (ca)
• Dutch: spontaan (nl)
• Finnish: itsestään (fi), spontaanisti (fi)
• French: spontanément (fr)
• Galician: espontaneamente
• German: spontan (de)
• Hungarian: spontán (hu)
• Italian: spontaneamente (it)
• Korean: 자발적으로 (ko) (jabaljeogeuro)
• Latin: spontē
• Odia: ଛାଏଁ (or) (chāẽ)
• Plautdietsch: veselfst
• Polish: spontanicznie (pl)
• Portuguese: espontaneamente (pt)
• Russian: спонта́нно (ru) (spontánno)
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍntāno (sh)
• Spanish: espontáneamente (es)
• Turkish: şıp diye (colloquial), şakkadanak (colloquial)

Anagrams

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