spontaneously
adverb/spɒnˈteɪniəsli/
/spɑːnˈteɪniəsli/
- in a way that is not planned but done because you suddenly want to do it
- We spontaneously started to dance.
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- (specialist) naturally, without being made to happen
- The bleeding often stops spontaneously.
- naturally, without being forced, practised or organized in advance
- Opposition groups arose spontaneously after the new president took power.
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