Meanings
comparative more voluntarily · superlative most voluntarily
- In a voluntary manner, particularly
But no state has voluntarily sought a statewide remedy to segregation in the 70 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed government sanctioned, racially separate schools.
2024 June 9, Tracey Tully, “Facing Entrenched School Segregation, New Jersey Tries Something New”, in The New York Times - In a voluntary manner
- Of one's own free will.
As Shaylene was legally considered an adult, the police initially assumed she left voluntarily. They considered she may have parked the car or willingly gotten into another vehicle to skip town.
2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026Synonyms: willingly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbOf one's own free will.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbout of your own free will
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishvoluntarie
- Englishvoluntary
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishvoluntarily
Translations
Ancient Greek ἑκουσίως
- ἑκουσίως (hekousíōs)in a voluntary manner
Catalan voluntàriament
- voluntàriamentin a voluntary manner
Chinese Mandarin 自願 /自愿
- 自願 /自愿 (zìyuàn)in a voluntary manner
Czech dobrovolně
- dobrovolněin a voluntary manner
Dutch vrijwillig
- vrijwilligin a voluntary manner
Esperanto propravole, memvole
- propravolein a voluntary manner
- memvolein a voluntary manner
- volontein a voluntary manner
- volein a voluntary manner
Estonian vabatahtlikult
- vabatahtlikultin a voluntary manner
Finnish vapaaehtoisesti
- vapaaehtoisestiin a voluntary manner
French volontairement, bénévolement
- volontairementin a voluntary manner
- bénévolementin a voluntary manner
German freiwillig
- freiwilligin a voluntary manner
Greek εθελοντικά, εκουσίως
- εθελοντικά (ethelontiká)in a voluntary manner
- εκουσίως (ekousíos)in a voluntary manner
Hungarian önként, önkéntesen
- önkéntin a voluntary manner
- önkéntesenin a voluntary manner
- akaratlagosanin a voluntary manner
Italian volontariamente
- volontariamentein a voluntary manner
Japanese 自発的に, 自主的に
- 自発的に (jihatsuteki ni)in a voluntary manner
- 自主的に (jishutekini)in a voluntary manner
Polish dobrowolnie, ochotniczo
- dobrowolniein a voluntary manner
- ochotniczoin a voluntary manner
- niewymuszeniein a voluntary manner
- nieprzymuszeniein a voluntary manner
Portuguese voluntariamente
- voluntariamentein a voluntary manner
Romanian voluntar, voit
- voluntarin a voluntary manner
- voitin a voluntary manner
Russian доброво́льно
- доброво́льно (dobrovólʹno)in a voluntary manner
Spanish voluntariamente
- voluntariamentein a voluntary manner
Ukrainian доброві́льно
- доброві́льно (dobrovílʹno)in a voluntary manner
Cite this entry
voluntarily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voluntarily
“voluntarily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voluntarily. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voluntarily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voluntarily.
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