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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spontaneously

Adverb

And, when Malika’s dentist beau sends her flowers, Khloé opines (over FaceTime, naturally) that the bouquet is too small and therefore cheap.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Potential suitors would also naturally be looking at what the future holds for the entertainment business at large.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of naturally

Adverb

Leaders can maintain alumni relationships, make re-entry culturally acceptable and ensure hiring processes do not automatically treat departure as disloyalty.

— Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Some common laser problems can already be corrected automatically.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of automatically

Adverb

People instinctively grab whoever happens to be sitting beside them.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of instinctively

Adverb

Most of my clients are letting their employees haphazardly take advantage of these things as the individually see fit.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Her soft face in sleep, her loud banging of cabinets, her socks tossed haphazardly behind doors and under shelves.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 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

The process is still largely done by hand because machines have not been developed that can efficiently remove the delicate threads without damaging the product.

— Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
People moving efficiently through space, eyes down, earbuds in, interacting with screens instead of humans.

— Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 28 Aug. 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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