"involuntarily" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ɪnˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/ [General-American], /ɪnˈvɒləntɹɪli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more involuntarily [comparative], most involuntarily [superlative]
Etymology: involuntary + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|involuntary|ly}} involuntary + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} involuntarily (comparative more involuntarily, superlative most involuntarily)
  1. In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought. Related terms: unwillingly Translations (in an involuntary manner): ἀκουσίως (akousíōs) (Ancient Greek), involuntàriament (Catalan), onwillekeurig (Dutch), nevole (Esperanto), vastoin tahtoaan (Finnish), vastentahtoisesti (Finnish), tahattomasti (Finnish), tahtomattaan (Finnish), involontairement (French), sans le faire exprès (French), involuntariamente (Galician), უნებლიეთ (unebliet) (Georgian), önkéntelenül (Hungarian), akaratlanul (Hungarian), involontariamente (Italian), niechcący (Polish), mimowolnie (Polish), machinalnie (Polish), involuntariamente (Portuguese), involuntar (Romanian), невольно (nevolʹno) (Russian), involuntariamente (Spanish)

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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
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      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
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      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
      "word": "niechcący"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
      "word": "machinalnie"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
      "word": "involuntariamente"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
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      "sense": "in an involuntary manner",
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