involuntarily

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/
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/ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/ · /ɪnˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/ · /ɪnˈvɒlənˌtɛɹɪli/ · /ɪnˈvɔləntɹɪli/

Definition of involuntarily

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.
    “Her leg twitched involuntarily.”
    “He involuntarily overheard the conversation.”
    “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.”
    “Kennedy’s vocal rasp is not caused by an infection or respiratory condition. Instead, he has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition in which the muscles that open and close his vocal cords spasm involuntarily, creating a strained or strangled quality to his speech.”

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Etymology

From involuntary + -ly or in- + voluntarily.

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