Volitionally

//vəˈlɪʃənəli// adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Willingly or decidedly; in a volitional or willed way. formal, not-comparable

    "If, on the other hand, the external impression be also felt, then the mind, according to its psychological laws, connects volitionally with it many other conceptions, the internal impressions of which can produce through the motor nerves such sentient actions as the unfelt external impression could not have developed at all, or, at least, not in combination with the will of the animal."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a willing manner wordnet

Synonyms

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willingly

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"If, on the other hand, the external impression be also felt, then the mind, according to its psychological laws, connects volitionally with it many other conceptions, the internal impressions of which can produce through the motor nerves such sentient actions as the unfelt external impression could not have developed at all, or, at least, not in combination with the will of the animal."

Etymology

From volitional + -ly.

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