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# voluntarily

adverb (voluntarily)

«voluntarily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Because you choose to, without being forced or paid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#m1)
2. (formal) Of your own free will. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#m2)

### In the lessons

In citizenship and everyday life: people help voluntarily at charity events. In formal and news language: «He voluntarily handed himself in.» Tells the reader the person chose to act.

### Examples

- She voluntarily stayed behind to tidy the classroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#x1)
- He voluntarily gave back the money he had found. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#x2)
- Many people voluntarily give blood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#x3)
- The children voluntarily raised money for the shelter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#x4)
- Nobody asked him; he did it voluntarily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#x5)
- The player voluntarily left the game to let others play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#x6)
- He became, however, so attached to Aphrodite that he voluntarily devoted to her the time at his own disposal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/#x7)

### Note

Adjective: voluntary; noun: volunteer. Say VOL-un-tair-i-lee (US) or vol-un-TAIR-i-lee (UK). Opposite: by force, compulsorily.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «voluntarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/voluntarily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«voluntarily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/voluntarily.html) on Mova free.