voluntarily
Use the adverb voluntarily to describe something you do willingly. For example, you might voluntarily stay home and babysit your little brother if the alternative is a trip to the grocery store.
People do things voluntarily when they are completely willing to do them, not forced or enticed by anyone else. Kids tend to eat candy voluntarily, ride their bikes with their friends voluntarily, and watch their favorite shows on TV voluntarily. It's easy to see the connection with the verb to volunteer, and both words are rooted in the Latin root voluntarius, "of one's free will."
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out of your own free will“he voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting”antonyms:involuntarilyagainst your will
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This vocabulary list features words with the common suffix that turns adjectives into adverbs.
