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Spontaneous
spɒnˈteɪniəs
Spontaneous definitions
adjective
spontaneous
- performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus
"the audience broke into spontaneous applause"
unforced voluntary unconstrained unprompted unbidden unsolicited unplanned unpremeditated unrehearsed impulsive impetuous unstudied impromptu spur-of-the-moment extempore extemporaneous- having an open, natural, and uninhibited manner
- (of a process or event) occurring without apparent external cause
"spontaneous miscarriages"
- (of movement or activity in an organism) instinctive or involuntary
"the spontaneous mechanical activity of circular smooth muscle"
- (of a plant) growing naturally and without being tended or cultivated