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Like well-rehearsed actor needing no encouragement
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unprompted
Word definitions for unprompted in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; "an impulsive gesture of affection" [syn: impulsive ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not prompted
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All four heads took the unprompted view that there was a desperate need for professional library staff in secondary schools.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from un- (1) "not" + past participle of prompt (v.).
Usage examples of unprompted.
Readings taken moments after the unprompted course adjustment confirmed that some transient gravitational event had indeed taken place.
Calmly I note the usual side reactions: sudden tightening of the tongue, unprompted blushing, drags of nausea, beaked headaches.
The words came unprompted, with the flat echo of certainty, and she shivered in spite of herself.
It was almost the longest unprompted sentence he had heard from her since they had arrived at the cottage.
The six women had not said a dozen unprompted words between them since entering this room.
He felt a brightening of the senses and a surge of energy, so much so that he rose to his feet unprompted, the Errin still wrapped about his hips.
But the way he settled his mouth on hers, unprompted by obligation or duty, swept aside all the pre vious hurts.