Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPON-TA'NE-OUS-LY
SPON-TA'NE-OUSSPON-TA'NE-OUS-NESS
SPON-TA'NE-OUS-LY, adv.
- Voluntarily; of his own will or accord; used of animals; as, he acts spontaneously.
- By its own force or energy; without the impulse of a foreign cause; used of things. Whey turns spontaneously acid. – Arbuthnot.
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