voluntarily

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English

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Etymology

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From voluntary +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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voluntarily (comparative more voluntarily, superlative most voluntarily)

  1. In a voluntary manner.
    • 2024 September 6, Tracey Tully, “Facing Entrenched School Segregation, New Jersey Tries Something New”, in The New York Times[1]:
      But no state has voluntarily sought a statewide remedy to segregation in the 70 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed government sanctioned, racially separate schools.

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