SPONTANEOUSLY Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

spontaneously

adverb

Definition of spontaneously

as in naturally

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as in automatically

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Recent Examples of spontaneously In the trailer, Reinhart‘s Olive is shown spontaneously kissing Bateman‘s Adam — a notable Easter egg to the book cover of Hazelwood‘s bestseller — so her best friend Anh can see them. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Panettiere’s Claire, a high-school cheerleader who could spontaneously regenerate, was an immediate fan favorite. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026 Anyone can be called to the front of the room to spontaneously argue one side of a research argument, which means every student must come prepared. — Jason Corso, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 The song was written spontaneously one day away from the studio by Meath. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026 In November, the Confederation of African Football spontaneously decided to expand the tournament’s format from 12 to 16 teams for the first time. — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 The brothers explained that the sequence came together spontaneously, with the cast initially pushing back on the idea. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Inspired by Ivan Orkin’s real-life story that led to the creation of Ivan Ramen, Gaijin is about an American culinary school dropout who spontaneously moves to Tokyo with his young son following his wife’s death. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026 Long before the official ban on private farming was lifted in 1982, peasants across China spontaneously reintroduced private ownership in defiance of socialist doctrine. — Rainer Zitelmann, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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Adverb

At an ordinary 75-degree race, some cars run nothing beyond the ducts, and a driver gets what air naturally enters the cockpit.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Accordingly, the answers from our conversation are occasionally paraphrastic, and so naturally imprecise.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of naturally

Adverb

In the old format, Shane van Gisbergen’s road-course dominance would’ve automatically qualified him for the playoff field thanks to two wins at extra curvy tracks this summer.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Any federal tax credit worth passing should stack automatically on top of state incentives and apply the same regardless of whether a production files from Atlanta, Shreveport, or Burbank.

— Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of automatically

Adverb

But while the buildings appeared to be marble, they were actually made of extremely flammable plaster, pine, hemp and jute — all haphazardly draped with live electrical wires.

— Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
The fourth hour began haphazardly as the Today With Jenna & Sheinelle camera operator tripped over a chair during their intro segment.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of haphazardly

Adverb

There’s some evidence from studying Indigenous cultures that human minds intuitively value the relationship between numbers more than the absolute difference between them.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026
Underneath the surface, the Fashion Studio intuitively harnesses the cumulative power of leading AI models without overwhelming the designer with having to learn a new technology to do the same job.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of intuitively

Adverb

Another shock to the neighborhood came in May, when Caputo’s Bake Shop, a Court Street landmark for 124 years, abruptly shut down.

— Rachel Corbett, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026
This is one family’s experience of their last year in Connecticut after major hospitals abruptly ended gender-affirming medical care for trans youth.

— Dr. SJ Job, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of abruptly

Adverb

Researchers have developed a tiny semiconductor device that can change the frequency, or color, of light far more efficiently than conventional designs, potentially shrinking components used in telecommunications and quantum technologies.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
The reduction correlates to the elimination of FDA support staff roles, or personnel who booked travel and carried out food testing for contamination, creating an administrative slowdown to efficiently carry out key safety and inspection protocol.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of efficiently

Adverb

The Bengals can now wait to see more of Stewart’s progress in his rehab and see if a roster spot is suddenly needed to make another move.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
But once the probability passes a threshold called the critical probability, the lattice suddenly opens up.

— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

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