involuntarily
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From involuntary + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/
- Hyphenation: in‧vol‧un‧ta‧ri‧ly
Adverb
[edit]involuntarily (comparative more involuntarily, superlative most involuntarily)
- In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.
- Her leg twitched involuntarily.
- He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Letter”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 283:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]in an involuntary manner
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “involuntarily”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “involuntarily”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.