involuntarily
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
involuntary + -ly
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/
- Hyphenation: in‧vol‧un‧ta‧ri‧ly
Adverb[edit]
involuntarily (comparative more involuntarily, superlative most involuntarily)
- In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.
- Her leg twitched involuntarily.
- He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
- 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 2, page 283:
- His eyes filled with tears, as he took up the glittering lengths. Their pale gold was lovely as ever; but there was something in the touch from which he involuntarily recoiled.
Translations[edit]
in an involuntary manner
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References[edit]
- “involuntarily” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “involuntarily” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.