"voluntarily" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/ [General-American], /ˈvɒləntɹɪli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-voluntarily.wav Forms: more voluntarily [comparative], most voluntarily [superlative]
Etymology: From voluntary + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|voluntary|-ly|id2=adverbial}} voluntary + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} voluntarily (comparative more voluntarily, superlative most voluntarily)
  1. In a voluntary manner. Translations (in a voluntary manner): ἑκουσίως (hekousíōs) (Ancient Greek), ինքնակամ (inkʻnakam) (Armenian), voluntàriament (Catalan), 自願 (Chinese Mandarin), 自愿 (zìyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), dobrovolně (Czech), vrijwillig (Dutch), propravole (Esperanto), memvole (Esperanto), volonte (Esperanto), vole (Esperanto), vabatahtlikult (Estonian), vapaaehtoisesti (Finnish), volontairement (French), bénévolement (French), voluntariamente (Galician), freiwillig (German), εθελοντικά (ethelontiká) (Greek), εκουσίως (ekousíos) (Greek), önként (Hungarian), önkéntesen (Hungarian), akaratlagosan (english: deliberately) (Hungarian), volontariamente (Italian), 自発的に (jihatsuteki ni) (Japanese), volontàriament (Occitan), dobrowolnie (Polish), voluntariamente (Portuguese), voluntar (Romanian), voit (Romanian), доброво́льно (dobrovólʹno) (Russian), voluntariamente (Spanish), доброві́льно (dobrovílʹno) (Ukrainian)
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          "ref": "2024 June 9, Tracey Tully, “Facing Entrenched School Segregation, New Jersey Tries Something New”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "In a voluntary manner."
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          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "ինքնակամ"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "dobrovolně"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "memvole"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "volonte"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "vole"
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        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "vabatahtlikult"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "vapaaehtoisesti"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "freiwillig"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ethelontiká",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "εθελοντικά"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekousíos",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "εκουσίως"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hekousíōs",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "ἑκουσίως"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "önként"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "önkéntesen"
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          "code": "hu",
          "english": "deliberately",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "akaratlagosan"
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          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "roman": "dobrovólʹno",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "доброво́льно"
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          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dobrovílʹno",
          "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
          "word": "доброві́льно"
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
      "word": "vapaaehtoisesti"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
      "word": "freiwillig"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ethelontiká",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
      "word": "εθελοντικά"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekousíos",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
      "word": "εκουσίως"
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
      "word": "akaratlagosan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jihatsuteki ni",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "roman": "dobrovólʹno",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
      "word": "доброво́льно"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dobrovílʹno",
      "sense": "in a voluntary manner",
      "word": "доброві́льно"
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