spontaneous
adjective
coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned.
spontaneousness
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a word derived from
spontaneous.
Example Sentences
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It is purely imitative and conventional; it reveals none of that delight in ornament, that spontaneousness in devising decoration and in working out artistic patterns which can clearly be traced in Late Celtic work.
From The Romanization of Roman Britain by F. (Francis) Haverfield
The significance of the title is further traceable in a peculiar spontaneousness running through the play.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson
Holberg, who rather early reacted instinctively and strongly to all strokes of spontaneousness, very soon conceived a deep dislike and contempt for these pedagogic methods, and his power of reflection made its combinations and conclusions.
From Ludvig Holberg, The Founder of Norwegian Literature and an Oxford Student by Simon Christian Hammer
On the other hand, Wordsworth’s poetry is never bounding, never ebullient; has little even of the appearance of spontaneousness: the well is never so full that it overflows.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
In the deference with which she ministered to Lucy's little occasional wants, there was more of blank spontaneousness than compassionate voluntariness.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
