Voluntarily

//ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a voluntary manner.

    "But no state has voluntarily sought a statewide remedy to segregation in the 70 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed government sanctioned, racially separate schools."

Adverb
  1. 1
    out of your own free will wordnet

Synonyms

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acquiescentlyadvisedlyby choiceby designcalculatedlycomplicitly

Example

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"He is voluntarily supporting you."

Etymology

From voluntary + -ly.

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