voluntarily
C1
adv
Freq #11631
Meanings
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1
adv
out of your own free will
They voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting.
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2
adv
In a voluntary manner.
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.
Etymology
From voluntary + -ly.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
adv
· in a voluntary manner.
acquiescentlycomplicitlyconsciouslyconsentinglycooperativelyexpectedlyintentionallyknowinglyobliginglyvoluntarilywillingly
Opposites