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Definition of involuntarily adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

involuntarily

adverb
 
/ɪnˈvɒləntrəli/
 
/ɪnˌvɑːlənˈterəli/
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  1. suddenly, without you intending it or being able to control it
    • She shuddered involuntarily.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInvoluntarily is used with these verbs:
    • clench
    • shiver
    • shudder
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  2. without the person involved wanting it to happen
    • He was involuntarily committed for psychiatric treatment
    opposite voluntarily (1)
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