voluntarily
of one’s own accord or by free choice:Students were mostly attending the sessions voluntarily, so they were reasonably well-behaved.
by volunteers, or in a way that depends on voluntary action:The Political Science Club is a politically neutral and voluntarily operated nonprofit organization.
Origin of voluntarily
1Other words from voluntarily
- un·vol·un·tar·i·ly, adverb
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How to use voluntarily in a sentence
While the feature is entirely voluntary—the apps still work if users don’t add their numbers—many governments don’t ask, in an effort to make people feel more secure about privacy.
Do digital contact tracing apps work? Here’s what you need to know. | Cat Ferguson | November 20, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewOver 130 countries worldwide now use some form of gender quota law for their governments or voluntary political party quotas.
The U.S. is too far behind the rest of the world when it comes to women in government | jakemeth | November 16, 2020 | FortuneThe restriction marks a departure from the country’s previous guidelines that relied mainly on voluntary measures to stop transmission.
Sweden imposes partial lockdown on bars and restaurants for the first time since pandemic started | Rachel King | November 11, 2020 | Fortune“There’s so much added risk with these systems,” said Maurice Turner, a senior adviser to the Election Assistance Commission, which sets federal voluntary standards for voting machines.
U.S. says it’s prepared for cyber election threats. But weaknesses remain | Verne Kopytoff | November 2, 2020 | FortuneThe Family Forest Impact Foundation will, in turn, sell credits for the additional carbon that builds up on the properties to companies like Amazon on voluntary offset markets.
How Amazon’s offsets could exaggerate its progress toward “net zero” emissions | James Temple | November 2, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
These young adults have voluntarily checked out of a political system they consider corrupt and dysfunctional.
Unlike Brada Mendez, Earle, who had a violent past, was not attending A.A. voluntarily.
Elizabeth Peña and the Truth About Alcoholic Women | Gabrielle Glaser | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has cooperated fully with authorities and voluntarily testified before the grand jury for several hours.
Adrian Peterson’s ‘Whooping’ and Ray Rice’s Knockout Are Both Domestic Violence | Robert Silverman | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt'll only buzz during "coaching" sessions that users voluntarily try out to help them build a habit of good posture.
It's persecuting the male students and allowing females to escape scrutiny for voluntarily ingesting alcohol, as well.
Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases? | Emily Shire | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVery instructive here is the way in which children will voluntarily come and submit themselves to our discipline.
Children's Ways | James SullyA court might hold that the man who gave it to him was a fool for entrusting such a package voluntarily with him.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThousands insisted that he must have voluntarily surrendered, for how could he have been caught when he had the anting-anting?
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman"As I am necessarily in your confidence I will take you voluntarily into mine," he announced, in his clear high pipe.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe very first obligation, voluntarily accepted by personally or socially discharging it, binds additionally to it.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
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