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View synonyms for voluntarily

voluntarily

[vol-uhn-tair-uh-lee, vol-uhn-ter-]

adverb

  1. of one’s own accord or by free choice.

    Students were mostly attending the sessions voluntarily, so they were reasonably well-behaved.

  2. by volunteers, or in a way that depends on voluntary action.

    The Political Science Club is a politically neutral and voluntarily operated nonprofit organization.



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  • unvoluntarily adverb
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The blind trust the Paxtons voluntarily established in 2015, called the Esther Blind Trust, is structured to block the couple from knowledge of their investments.

"I've been voluntarily cutting back compared to before the ordinance was announced," without his parents telling him to, he said.

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According to the after-action report, the firefighters who voluntarily returned could staff only three engines.

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If a defect exists, automakers are required to conduct a recall—and almost all happen voluntarily.

“It is reasonable to offer additional benefits of partnership to institutions that voluntarily agree to higher standards of merit and efficiency than most of academia offers,” Kissel said.

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