involuntarily

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involuntarily

  • /ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/ UK
  • /ɪnˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/ US, dialectal
  • /ɪnˈvɒlənˌtɛɹɪli/ Canada, dialectal
  • /ɪnˈvɔləntɹɪli/ Australia

Where it comes from

From involuntary + -ly or in- + voluntarily.

adverb more involuntarily · most involuntarily

  1. In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought. Her leg twitched involuntarily.

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adv in an involuntary manner

Españolinvoluntariamente
Portuguêsinvoluntariamente
Françaisinvolontairement, sans le faire exprès
Deutschunwillkürlich, unabsichtlich
Italianoinvolontariamente
Românăinvoluntar
Русскийнево́льно nevólʹno

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@misc{involuntarily_2026,
  title = {involuntarily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/involuntarily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}