Definitions for Involuntarily
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. involuntarilyadverb

   against your will

   "he was involuntarily held against his will"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. involuntarilyadverb

   In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.

   Her leg twitched involuntarily.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Involuntarilyadverb

   Not by choice; not spontaneously.

   Etymology: from involuntary.

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1. involuntarily

   Involuntarily refers to actions or reactions that occur without a person's conscious control or decision, often as a reflex or automatic response. It also may refer to something done unwillingly or against one's wishes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Involuntarilyadverb

   in an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly

2. Etymology: [From Involuntary.]

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Involuntarily in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Involuntarily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Involuntarily in a Sentence

1. Emily Fletcher:

   Forget about clearing your mind, the brain thinks involuntarily, just like the heart beats involuntarily.

2. Barbara Blair:

   The new law is preposterous, mentally and emotionally ill individuals should be removed from the streets, involuntarily if necessary.They should be placed in high-quality settings, institutional settings if necessary, where they get the shelter, food and care they need.Having drug addicts, a frightful condition, freely injecting drugs and passing out in public is not tenable.

3. Beth Truesdale:

   And statistics show nine out of 10 people who involuntarily lose their jobs in their 50s and early 60s never again get a job that pays as well as the one they lost.

4. Chaplain Cizek:

   I thought that the issue was done, but they waited a few months and removed me from working in basic training at the end of May 2013, my performance report was downgraded. The next year my performance report was downgraded again, along with my promotion recommendation, which caused me to be passed over for promotion twice and involuntarily separated from the Air Force in 2016.

5. Jeffrey Swanson:

   There are tons of people who are risky, who are angry or suicidal, but who would pass a background check, they don’t have a felony conviction, they’ve never been involuntarily committed. How do you make sure dangerous people don’t get access to firearms ?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Involuntarily
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Involuntarily
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Involuntarily
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Involuntarily
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Involuntarily