voluntarily

Syllables: vol·un·ta·ri·ly/ˌvɒlənˈtɛɹɪli/US/ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/

voluntarily adverb: in a voluntary manner, particularly.

Adverb

voluntarily (comparative more voluntarily, superlative most voluntarily)

In a voluntary manner, particularly
- 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.2024 June 9, Tracey Tully, “Facing Entrenched School Segregation, New Jersey Tries Something New”, in The New York Times
Of one's own free will.
- As Shaylene was legally considered an adult, the police initially assumed she left voluntarily. They considered she may have parked the car or willingly gotten into another vehicle to skip town.2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026
Synonyms:

willingly

voluntarily meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

voluntarily in Hindi

voluntarily, by one's own will: स्वेच्छा svecchā

voluntarily in Tamil

தன் விருப்பப்படி, தானாக, சுய விருப்பப்படி

voluntarily in Marathi

स्वेच्छेने, स्वेच्छानिवृत्तीने

voluntarily in Urdu

خودبخود, رضاکارانہ طور پر

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voluntarily in Bengali: স্বেচ্ছায়
voluntarily in Telugu: స్వచ్ఛందంగా
voluntarily in Malayalam: സ്വമേധയാ svamēdhayā, സ്വയം svayaṁ
voluntarily in Kannada: ಸ್ವಯಂಪ್ರೇರಣೆಯಿಂದ, ಸ್ವಯಂಪ್ರೇರಿತವಾಗಿ
voluntarily in Punjabi: ਸਵੈ-ਇੱਛਾ ਨਾਲ, ਸਵੈ ਇੱਛਾ ਨਾਲ, ਸਵੈਇੱਛਾ ਨਾਲ
voluntarily in Gujarati: સ્વેચ્છાએ, સ્વૈચ્છિક રીતે
voluntarily in Odia: ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାକୃତ ଭାବେ, ସ୍ୱେଚ୍ଛାକୃତ ଭାବରେ
voluntarily in Nepali: स्वेच्छाले, स्वेच्छापूर्वक

Examples of voluntarily in a sentence

If a player voluntarily puts money in the pot every two hands, their VPIP is 50%.
He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
A myoelectric prosthesis uses EMG signals or potentials from voluntarily contracted muscles within a person's residual limb on the surface of the skin to control the movements of the prosthesis.

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Forms of voluntarily

comparative	more voluntarily
superlative	most voluntarily

Origin of voluntarily

From voluntary + -ly.

Words formed from voluntarily

Questions about voluntarily

What does voluntarily mean?: Voluntarily means in a voluntary manner, particularly.
What is voluntarily in Hindi?: Voluntarily in Hindi is स्वेच्छा (svecchā). See Voluntarily meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is voluntarily?: Voluntarily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce voluntarily?: Voluntarily is pronounced /ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/ (US).

Words near voluntarily in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: voluntarily (page history and authors); स्वेच्छा (Hindi) (page history and authors); voluntarily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voluntarily (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voluntarily (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voluntarily (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voluntarily (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); സ്വമേധയാ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); voluntarily (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voluntarily (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voluntarily (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voluntarily (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voluntarily (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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