voluntarily

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US /ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/ UK /ˌvɒlənˈtɛɹɪli/
adv Freq #11631

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    out of your own free will

    They voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting.

  2. 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
accidentallycompulsorilyinvoluntarilyunintentionallyunknowinglyunwillingly

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