spontaneous


adjective
spon·ta·ne·ous | \ span-'tā-nē-?s  \
Collegiate Definition
1: proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
2: arising from a momentary impulse
3: controlled and directed internally : SELF-ACTING
spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
4: produced without being planted or without human labor : INDIGENOUS
5: developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment
6: not apparently contrived or manipulated : NATURAL
Other Words
spontaneously adverb
spontaneousness noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
automatic, instinctive, instinctual, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanic, mechanical, robotic
Antonyms
nonmechanical
Examples
The comment was completely spontaneous.
He's a guy who's spontaneous and fun.
First Known Use
1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1
History and Etymology
Late Latin spontaneus, from Latin sponte of one's free will, voluntarily



【 在 spritesw 的大作中提到: 】
: natrually; in a way that you would expect
: spontaneously: without advance preparation
: 注意yingyao是对第二拨警察这么说的，第一拨警察和第二拨警察之间她一直在想怎么说，不可能想不到natrually这个词
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FROM 106.121.69.*