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单词 voluntarily
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voluntarilyadv.

Brit. /ˌvɒlənˈtɛrəli/, /ˌvɒln̩ˈtɛrəli/, /ˈvɒləntrᵻli/, /ˈvɒln̩trᵻli/, /ˌvɒlənˈtɛːrəli/, /ˌvɒln̩ˈtɛːrəli/, /ˌvɒlənˈtarəli/, /ˌvɒln̩ˈtarəli/, U.S. /ˌvɑlənˈtɛrəli/
Forms: Middle English uoluntariely, Middle English– voluntarily, 1500s voluntarilye, voluntarile, 1500s–1600s voluntarilie; 1500s voluntarelie, voluntarely; 1500s voluntaryly(e, 1500s–1600s voluntarylie.
Etymology: < voluntary adj. + -ly suffix2.
1.
a. Of one's own free will or accord; without compulsion, constraint, or undue influence by others; freely, willingly.In very frequent use from c1530.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adverb]
freelyeOE
wilfullyc1000
by one's willOE
of oneselfOE
self-willesOE
of one's own willOE
willyOE
with one's willc1175
voluntarilyc1374
wilfulc1380
of one's own heada1393
willea1400
willilya1400
of (free) voluntyc1402
of or at one's (own) voluntyc1402
of one's own motion1419
of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill?a1425
on one's own heada1425
of (also by, on, upon) one's own accorda1450
activelyc1454
willinglyc1475
voluntary1480
liberallya1500
of one's own swinge1548
voluntariously1550
voluntarlyc1568
for favour1574
at voluntary1585
of, out of, upon, or at (a person's) own voluntary1585
selfly1595
motu proprio1603
ultroneously1627
unimposedly1647
spontaneously1660
needlessly1710
unmechanically1764
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. xii. 103 Þer may no man douten, þat þei ne ben gouerned uoluntariely.
1440 Dk. Gloucester Manifesto in Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 766/2 To see the Worship, that God soe long hath eured hym with..shuld so voluntarily be put in likelyhed of total Perdition.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 163 Wherefore sche thouȝhte..men wolde haue seide that sche consente to hym voluntarily.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. iiii He voluntaryly tooke vppon hym and promysyd to warre vpon Crystis enemyes.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxcvjv Duke Maurice of Saxonye serued in thys warre voluntarily.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L8v If the other churches..will voluntarily impart any thing to the supplie of his necessities.
c1610–15 Hist. St. Vrsula in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 37 To these mariages, albeit with a king, she was rather haled perforce than voluntarilie assenting.
1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xiii. 87 At last he voluntarily, and without any compulsion but that of his Love, died upon a Cross.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 149. ⁋7 The happy Marriage is, where two Persons meet and voluntarily make Choice of each other.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. ix. 76 When Men act voluntarily, and do what they please, then they do what appears most agreable to them.
1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. 215 I know you do not go voluntarily, but I will give you a certificate..of my having obliged you to march.
1858 D. Masson Life Milton I. 605 Milton..either voluntarily offered a contribution, or was invited to send one.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 154 Him who does no evil voluntarily I praise and love.
b. Said of animals.
ΚΠ
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 161 Euery night..an assembly of dogs..meete voluntarily at an appointed houre, for the custody of the Temple.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 669 They vse to harden their ribs by rubbing them voluntarily vppon Trees.
1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 55 It..does sometimes happen, that..the horse..voluntarily presses on, until..he falls and dies.
2. Without other determining force than natural character or tendency; naturally, spontaneously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > innately or naturally
i-cundelyeOE
through kindc1225
proprementc1230
kindlya1250
naturallyc1275
kinda1325
by kindc1325
of kindc1325
in kind1340
properly1340
voluntarily1562
natively1590
alliably1593
physically1629
innately1632
natural1793
congenitally1862
connately1884
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > natural impulse, instinct > [adverb]
naturallyc1390
naturallyc1395
instinctivelya1616
voluntarily1700
instinctive1716
off the wall1966
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxviiiv, in Bulwarke of Defence The first of them is naturall, as when men do voluntarily sweate, without force of medicine.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 318 They plume themselues oftentimes, yea, & the pendant feathers of their thighes..fal off voluntarily.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. i. 291 The Earth voluntarily and liberally yeeldeth her store.
1700 C. Nesse Antidote against Arminianism 58 Man being left to the mutability of his own Will..would voluntarily encline to Evil.
3. At will, at pleasure; extempore. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb]
to one's willOE
by one's willOE
self-willesOE
after a person's willOE
a-willc1275
at willc1300
at one's (own) liberty1426
ad placituma1556
at pleasure1579
ad libitum1606
arbitrarilya1626
arbitrariously1653
discretionally1655
ad arbitrium1663
voluntarily1676
discretionarily1681
antecedently1682
discretionary?1707
ad lib1791
at one's own sweet will1802
at choice1817
at no allowance1858
1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument Pref. The Hints and Directions which I have given, as towards the Procuring of Invention, or Playing Voluntarily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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