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I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and especially their negative emotional buttons. Because words soak up emotional connotations and are processed involuntarily by the listener, you can't will yourself not to treat the word in terms of what it means.
Steven Pinker

Meaning of "involuntarily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INVOLUNTARILY

involuntarily  [ɪnˈvɒləntərəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INVOLUNTARILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Involuntarily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES INVOLUNTARILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of involuntarily in the English dictionary

The definition of involuntarily in the dictionary is in an involuntary manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INVOLUNTARILY


bilaterally
ˌbaɪˈlætərəlɪ
complementarily
ˌkɒmpliˈmentərəlɪ
declaratorily
dɪˈklærətərəlɪ
electorally
ɪˈlektərəlɪ
enterally
ˈɛntərəlɪ
equilaterally
ˌiːkwɪˈlætərəlɪ
gutturally
ˈɡʌtərəlɪ
ipsilaterally
ˌɪpsɪˈlætərəlɪ
laterally
ˈlætərəlɪ
literally
ˈlɪtərəlɪ
momentarily
ˈməʊməntərəlɪ
multilaterally
ˌmʌltɪˈlætərəlɪ
parenterally
pærˈɛntərəlɪ
pastorally
ˈpɑːstərəlɪ
pectorally
ˈpektərəlɪ
peremptorily
pəˈrɛmptərəlɪ
satisfactorily
ˌsætɪsˈfæktərəlɪ
statutorily
ˈstætjʊtərəlɪ
trilaterally
traɪˈlætərəlɪ
unilaterally
ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INVOLUNTARILY

involucel
involucella
involucellate
involucellated
involucellum
involucra
involucral
involucrate
involucre
involucrum
involuntariness
involuntary
involuntary manslaughter
involute
involute gear
involuted
involutedly
involutely
involution
involutional

WORDS THAT END LIKE INVOLUNTARILY

arbitrarily
contemporarily
contrarily
customarily
evolutionarily
exemplarily
extraordinarily
hungrily
legendarily
militarily
necessarily
ordinarily
preliminarily
primarily
secondarily
summarily
temporarily
unnecessarily
voluntarily
warily
wearily

Synonyms and antonyms of involuntarily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «involuntarily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INVOLUNTARILY

Find out the translation of involuntarily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of involuntarily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «involuntarily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

身不由己
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

involuntariamente
570 millions of speakers

English

involuntarily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनायास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كرها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невольно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

involuntariamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনিচ্ছাজনিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

involontairement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara sukarela
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unwillkürlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無意識に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무의식적으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Involuntarily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không tự nguyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வலுக்கட்டாயமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनिच्छेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istemsiz olarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

involontariamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mimowolnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мимоволі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

involuntar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακούσια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onwillekeurig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ofrivilligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ufrivillig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of involuntarily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INVOLUNTARILY»

The term «involuntarily» is regularly used and occupies the 60.563 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INVOLUNTARILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «involuntarily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «involuntarily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about involuntarily

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3 QUOTES WITH «INVOLUNTARILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word involuntarily.
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Tyra Banks
When I was a young girl, I lost a lot of weight over one summer - involuntarily - and was just really depressed and sad. There was nothing I could do to gain weight. I would look in the mirror and call myself disgusting every day.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily.
3
Steven Pinker
I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and especially their negative emotional buttons. Because words soak up emotional connotations and are processed involuntarily by the listener, you can't will yourself not to treat the word in terms of what it means.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INVOLUNTARILY»

Discover the use of involuntarily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to involuntarily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(y) Loss of coverage under spouse's non-Federal plan — (1) An employee whose spouse involuntarily loses his or her non-Federal health insurance coverage, or coverage for his or her dependents, may register to enroll within the period ...
Office of the Federal Register (U.S.) Staff, 1997
2
Reserve Component Personnel Issues: Questions and Answers
For example, from 1945 to 1989, reservists were involuntarily activated for federal service25 only four times, an average of less than once per decade. These activations occurred only during wartime and national emergencies: the Korean War ...
Lawrence Kapp, 2011
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Amending CERCLA: The Post-SARA Amendments to the ...
Section im(20)(D) provides (in part): 'The term 'owner or operator' does not Include a unit of State or local government which acquired ownership or control Involuntarily through bankruptcy, tax delinquency, abandonment, or other ...
Michael Gerrard, Joel M. Gross, 2006
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19, Customs Duties: Pt. ...
(2) Involuntarily abandoned merchandise—(i) Warehouse goods deemed abandoned. Claims for surplus proceeds of sale of warehouse goods deemed involuntarily abandoned sold under section 559 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 ...
‎2011
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29 CFR Labor: CFR Part 1926
(c) Land that was held under a recordable contract and is acquired involuntarily. Reclamation can make available irrigation water to land held under a recordable contract that is involuntarily acquired under the terms of the recordable contract ...
Office of The Federal Register, 2013
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L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
(c) “Involuntarily and without fault” defined. An employee is considered to have stopped railroad employment involuntarily and without fault if: (1) The employee loses his or her job; (2) The employee could not, through the exercise of seniority  ...
‎2005
7
Linking employment problems to economic status: 1984 survey
While this total was slightly higher than the figure for 1983, the number of persons working part time involuntarily fell from 14.9 to 14.4 million over the year. Over three-fifths of those who worked part time involuntarily cited slack work or material ...
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1986
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Cengage Advantage Series: Voyage of Discovery: A Historical ...
He notices that some words come paired in positive and negative forms, such as “voluntarily” and “involuntarily,” but some words do not have these dual forms. For example, I can knock over the teacup inadvertently when I pass the butter.
William Lawhead, 2014
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The Madman's Middle Way: Reflections on Reality of the ...
The reasonitmust be aninvoluntaryassertionisthatwhenthisappearance produced from theinnate ignorance arises involuntarily, one must involuntarily also make presentations of things such as good and bad, existence and nonexistence, ...
Donald S. Lopez Jr., 2007
10
Work, Health, and Income Among the Elderly
Table 5. Changes in Food Consumption before and after Leaving a Job Percent Ratio of food consumption before leaving job to Left involuntarily Left voluntarily Source: See table 2. 62, the difference is somewhat less between those who left ...
Gary T. Burtless, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INVOLUNTARILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term involuntarily is used in the context of the following news items.
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Man sentenced for trying to run over Bellingham cop | Bellingham …
At least four times he was involuntarily hospitalized for manic episodes, in 1995, 2006, 2007 and 2014. He was convicted of a misdemeanor for ... «The Bellingham Herald, Jul 15»
2
Police accused in Freddie Gray's death say they gave statements …
White's attorneys argue that because the initial statement was taken involuntarily, based on her fear of being fired, the second cannot be used ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
3
Gwyneth Paltrow: The correct way to yawn involves crying | Fox News
... for releasing stress" and so you have to be very specific with how you participate in this involuntarily reflex of the autonomic nervous system. «Fox News, Jul 15»
4
McMackin pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter - Ozark County …
... observable nystagmus,” Elliot observed the muscles in McMackin's forehead above his left eye involuntarily contracting during the entire test. «Ozark County Times, Jul 15»
5
Check Out Nat And Alex Wolff's 'Look Outside' Video - MTV
Because while Cara Delevingne has the beat-boxing skills to make your head bounce involuntarily, Nat Wolff is a super cool crooner who's out ... «MTV.com, Jul 15»
6
What colour do YOU see when listening to these songs? Take the …
Chromesthesia is a form of sound-to-colour synesthesia which causes people to involuntarily see colours when they hear music. People with ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
'We'll Go to War Over That!': Military Activist Who Called for the Firing …
... who do not agree with gay marriage rights: “Hold your tongue, change your attitude or either voluntarily or involuntarily be mustered out.”. «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
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The Diary: Sarah Churchwell - FT.com
... who charged a customer for a new fare when the customer missed his booked service because he had involuntarily witnessed a suicide.). «Financial Times, Jul 15»
9
The WSBeat: Phone scam; mistaking Morgan for Tukwila; and more
They asked that officers ride alongside her during transport. The teen was involuntarily committed to Children's for a mental-health evaluation. «West Seattle Blog, Jul 15»
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Interview: Stanford Prison Experiment's Chris Sheffield on Being a …
It was interesting, because it seemed as if it was a tactic to make you feel so uncomfortable, it would make you submissive involuntarily. «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»

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