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Involuntarily

Involuntarily \In*vol"un*ta*ri*ly\, adv. [From Involuntary.] In an involuntary manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.

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involuntarily

adv. In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.

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involuntarily

adv. against your will; "he was involuntarily held against his will" [ant: voluntarily]

Usage examples of "involuntarily".

So strongly, in fact, that Anse involuntarily looked down at her hands, holding the reins.

Suddenly a bushbuck barked on the far bank, an alarm call so clear and loud in the hush that Claudia jumped involuntarily.

Every time the crop struck her, she involuntarily jerked, making the weights dangling from the clamps fastened to her sex pull her labia that little bit more.

Emily involuntarily turned her head as they arrived at the spot, and saw that Denbigh had approached within a few paces of them.

The sudden warm immediacy of the touch rippled the fair hairs of my forearm, and my fingers closed involuntarily on his.

Peanut touched her on the arm, and Misha felt herself draw away involuntarily from contact with his hornlike, inflexible fingers.

Fay began to shrink from Magdalen, involuntarily at first, then purposely for long moody intervals.

Involuntarily feeling this at dinner on the first day, he was taciturn, and the old prince noticing this also became morosely dumb and retired to his apartments directly after dinner.

Lieberman shouted over the external speaker of her suit at maximum volume, and involuntarily Silverside paused.

In the momentary silence came the mocking hoot of a triops far to their left, and both turned involuntarily, stared, and recoiled aghast.

Involuntarily, Peter glanced toward Aloysius Royce who had come into the room and was arranging a pile of magazines.

Morgan found his breath coming in short, ragged gasps, and his body reacted to her touch by stiffening involuntarily, as a roaring flame ignited within him.

I had involuntarily given her, and the two girls were certainly a very pleasant sight.

Amen Judah volunteered, nodding at his wife Abigail, who involuntarily held out a restraining hand but then took it back immediately.

I involuntarily returned for answer that I perceived Mr. Bucket knew him.