spontaneously
/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/US/spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/
spontaneously adverb: in a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
Adverb
spontaneously (comparative more spontaneously, superlative most spontaneously)
- In a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
- The idea that the body could spontaneously ignite was promoted by the 19th-century temperance movement.1998 May 26, C. Claiborne Ray, “Q&A; Spontaneous Combustion”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023
- Smaller-scale isolated deaf-education programs had existed previously in 20th-century Nicaragua, Shepard-Kegl says, but the critical mass needed to spontaneously develop Nicaraguan Sign Language only occurred with the opening of Melania Morales.2018 July 13, Shoshi Parks, “How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language”, in Atlas Obscura, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025
spontaneously meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
spontaneously in Hindi
- in a spontaneous manner
- अनायास anāyās
spontaneously in Tamil
- தானே இயங்குகின்ற
spontaneously in Marathi
- उत्स्फूर्तपणे, उत्स्फूर्तरीत्या
spontaneously in Urdu
- spontaneously, suddenly, unintentionally
- بے اختیار be ixtiyār
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- spontaneously in Bengali
- আপনা আপনি apna apni
- spontaneously in Malayalam
- സ്വാഭാവികമായി, ചോദിക്കാതെ, സ്വയം, പ്രകൃത്യാ
- spontaneously in Gujarati
- સ્વયંભૂ, સ્વયંસ્ફુરિત રીતે, સ્વયંસ્ફુરિતપણે
- spontaneously in Odia
- ଛାଏଁ chāẽ
- spontaneously in Nepali
- स्वतःस्फूर्त रूपमा
Examples of spontaneously in a sentence
- The excited 23P0 atoms spontaneously decay unpreferentially to each Zeeman sublevel of the metastable 23S1 state.
- These adhocracies are loose, spontaneously forming, often temporary arrangements that reach across an organization.
- Because these lesions often spontaneously regress, care must be taken to not overcall these lesions on FNA.
Forms of spontaneously
| comparative | more spontaneously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most spontaneously |
Origin of spontaneously
From spontaneous + -ly.
Questions about spontaneously
- What does spontaneously mean?
- Spontaneously means in a spontaneous manner; naturally; voluntarily.
- What is spontaneously in Hindi?
- Spontaneously in Hindi is अनायास (anāyās). See Spontaneously meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is spontaneously?
- Spontaneously is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce spontaneously?
- Spontaneously is pronounced /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs.li/ (UK).
Words near spontaneously in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spontaneously (page history and authors); spontaneously (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spontaneously (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); بے اختیار (Urdu) (page history and authors); spontaneously (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); spontaneously (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spontaneously (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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