involuntarily
adv/ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/UK/ɪnˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/US/ɪnˈvɒlənˌtɛɹɪli/CA/ɪnˈvɔləntɹɪli/
Etymology
From involuntary + -ly or in- + voluntarily.
- derived from involontarius
Definitions
In an involuntary manner
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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for involuntarily. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA