adv
Meaning 1
In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spontaneously
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/
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US: /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/
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CMU ARPABET: S P AA0 N T EY1 N IY0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
without advance preparation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he spoke ad lib
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ad lib, ad libitum, impromptu
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a spontaneous manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this shift occurs spontaneously
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English spontaneous Middle English -ly English -ly English spontaneously From spontaneous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عفوًا (ʕafwan) — in a spontaneous manner
- Bengali: আপনা আপনি (apna apni) — in a spontaneous manner
- Bulgarian: спонта́нно (spontánno) — in a spontaneous manner
- Catalan: espontàniament — in a spontaneous manner
- Dutch: spontaan — in a spontaneous manner
- Finnish: itsestään — in a spontaneous manner
- Finnish: spontaanisti — in a spontaneous manner
- French: spontanément — in a spontaneous manner
- Galician: espontaneamente — in a spontaneous manner
- German: spontan — in a spontaneous manner
- Hindi: अनायास (anāyās) — in a spontaneous manner
- Hungarian: spontán — in a spontaneous manner
- Italian: spontaneamente — in a spontaneous manner
- Korean: 자발적으로 (jabaljeogeuro) — in a spontaneous manner
- Latin: spontē — in a spontaneous manner
- Odia: ଛାଏଁ (chāẽ) — in a spontaneous manner
- Plautdietsch: veselfst — in a spontaneous manner
- Polish: spontanicznie — in a spontaneous manner
- Portuguese: espontaneamente — in a spontaneous manner
- Russian: спонта́нно (spontánno) — in a spontaneous manner
- Serbo-Croatian: spȍntāno — in a spontaneous manner
- Spanish: espontáneamente — in a spontaneous manner
- Turkish: şıp diye — in a spontaneous manner
- Turkish: şakkadanak — in a spontaneous manner
Real reading context