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 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 Researchers in Japan have unveiled how thousands of microscopic particles can spontaneously pair up, move, and reorganize themselves by breaking Newton’s action-reaction symmetry. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spontaneously

Adverb

Investors naturally gravitate toward businesses that are easy to admire.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
For Luk, the tonal slipperiness developed naturally from writing.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of naturally

Adverb

Summary Research reveals humans instinctively add solutions to problems, a cognitive default observed in studies where people preferred adding over subtracting, even when removal would yield better results.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
An aftershock that struck during an interview Tuesday prompted Vincentius Rano and his wife to instinctively duck and cover their heads.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of instinctively

Adverb

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
The idea that the gooey mass inside the skull contains some ineffable, nonprogrammable essence—consciousness, spirit, or something else—may be intuitively appealing.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of intuitively

Adverb

In a lawsuit filed in Denver District Court, first reported by industry publication Current, the station claims its access was abruptly cut off earlier this year by Open Source Storage (OSS).

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
All five were hammered the following month as the AI trade abruptly reversed, helping push the fund to the brink and forcing it to unload much of its public-equity portfolio to Citadel.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of abruptly

Adverb

The facility houses machine shops, fabrication shops, a sewing team, a paint shop, and all kinds of skilled professionals who keep Disneyland beautiful and running efficiently.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Grade, deposit size, continuity, depth, and metallurgical characteristics all affect whether ore can be processed efficiently.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of efficiently

Adverb

The reports about the Buss family’s stake comes a few days after Lakers owner Mark Walter suddenly agreed to sell the team to Kushner and Iger last week amid a federal fraud investigation, giving them a roughly 65% stake in the team.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The business was forced to close, leaving Stroh, her husband and their staff out of a job suddenly.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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