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 Perry said he was shot in the hand during the struggle, but eventually got control of the gun, which fired spontaneously while the victim was sitting on the ground. — Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Innovations do not spontaneously emerge from the minds of exceptional individuals. — Michael Muthukrishna, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Within a couple of weeks, in the shower room, somebody spontaneously was singing a doo-wop song. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026 Beyond the road lie much smaller buildings organized in neat rows made up of a jumble of hard angles—porch steps, open windows, sloping roofs—that seem to spring spontaneously from the ground. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 These are ultra-thin layers composed of large organic molecules that spontaneously organize into a neat single-molecule sheet. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026 During the museum’s opening hours, the restaurant is accessible from the museum lobby, where visitors can walk in spontaneously on their way to and from the galleries. — Gabriella Angeleti, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026 Perhaps a workable solution is to spontaneously gird and stabilize itself when generating and absorbing force. — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026 There was a woman in Canada who spontaneously aborted her child because she was exposed to someone who had not been immunized. — CBS News, 28 June 2026

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Adverb

Didymo in its nonblooming form occurs naturally in more water bodies than previously thought, and is native to the Intermountain West, including Idaho, according to Taylor.

— Hannah Smith July 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
Since potatoes and corn are naturally gluten-free, this stand has a lot of options.

— Teagan Davidge, Oc Register, 25 July 2026

Definition of naturally

Adverb

If old pressure returns, don’t automatically become the family contractor for everyone’s unfinished business.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
TikTok's Shop guidance directs sellers to label content fully or substantially created or altered by AI, and YouTube began automatically applying AI labels in May when its systems detect significant photorealistic AI use.

— Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of automatically

Adverb

When competition increases, most businesses instinctively focus on pricing as their primary lever.

— Dmitriy Schwarzburg, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Rooftops and Nightcaps Then Merchant & Trade rises above the skyline with the kind of rooftop view that makes people instinctively reach for their phones to capture a few sexy shots before throwing one back.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of instinctively

Adverb

Not Considering the Plant’s Future Avoid pruning haphazardly without carefully evaluating the situation first.

— Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 16 July 2026
Hanging your art and photos haphazardly is a quick way to make your collection feel more chaotic than inspiring.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026

Definition of haphazardly

Adverb

The real battleground is over the robot brains, or vision-language-action (VLA) models, which are designed to turn human inputs into embodied AI performing intuitively and accurately.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026
Effective leadership fundamentally relies on human connection, empathy, and the ability to intuitively understand others—all are qualities biologically governed by sleep.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of intuitively

Adverb

After spending months negotiating a pricey purchase of the private fuel yard that keeps PortMiami ships running, two top deputies to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava were shocked when their boss abruptly rejected the deal.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
Video footage obtained by PEOPLE shows the scary moment the slingshot-style ride malfunctioned as one of the wires that attaches to the car appears to abruptly snap off.

— Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026

Definition of abruptly

Adverb

This architecture allows robots to learn physical skills more efficiently while reducing the amount of task-specific data needed for deployment.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Having Puntarenas as a central base allows productions to move efficiently between islands, mainland ports, and urban support facilities without the logistical complexity typically associated with island filming.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of efficiently

Adverb

Since the search giant doesn’t license all the content in the knowledge box, Google could risk future lawsuits if the act of algorithmically creating the knowledge box without licenses suddenly becomes viewed as infringement, Rose said.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
But then, during the Centennial year, Congress suddenly acted to fund and complete the tower.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 July 2026

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