Talk:spontaneous

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RFD discussion: November–December 2014[edit]

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The sense not apparently contrived or manipulated; natural seems to me to be covering the same ground as the preceding sense produced without being planted or without human labor; indigenous, and to whatever extent they differ in meaning, I reckon they probably ought to be merged. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 23:41, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, there is a recurring rediscovery among definition writers that 'things are not always what they appear', leading to an effort to make the dictionary cover both the use of a word to convey the truth and its use to deceive. (Why not another sense for sincere error?) It is reminiscent of the similar recurring effort to have distinct definitions for ironic, sarcastic, or humorous uses of terms. Not to say that these tags are never appropriate.
Delete. DCDuring TALK 02:19, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sense deleted. bd2412 T 14:31, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

unrestrained[edit]

naturally unrestrained or uninhibited
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--Backinstadiums (talk) 15:16, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]