adverb
definition
In an involuntary manner; done without conscious thought.
example
He involuntarily overheard the conversation.
Examples of involuntarily in a Sentence
She shuddered involuntarily as it slowly uncoiled, stretched across the porch and eventually disappeared off the edge into the tall grass.
Involuntarily she glanced up at him.
Jenn shivered involuntarily as a cool breeze replaced his body heat.
I must have snickered involuntarily.
Should no improvement occur death may take place in from one to three weeks, either from repeated losses of blood, or from gradual exhaustion consequent on the continuance of the symptoms, in which case the discharges from the bowels become more offensive and are passed involuntarily.
His persistence was taking its toll, and when his lips found hers again, she responded involuntarily.
It was subtle but compelling, drawing her attention involuntarily.
Sometimes I forget what it's like to be involuntarily inducted into the Guardians.
There is no need for anyone to be involuntarily in such a state in a moderately affluent western society.
The smooth muscles work involuntarily to help the body perform necessary functions such as breathing.
Soiling - As the muscles relax for the last time, the dog may soil involuntarily.
Holding the breath cannot actually hurt a child; the child will breathe involuntarily before harm occurs.
When drowning begins, the larynx (a part of the air passage) closes involuntarily, preventing both air and water from entering the lungs.
Optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) is a nystagmus that can be elicited involuntarily when a rapidly moving striped object is passed in front of an individual's eyes.
Claims processors administer monetary support to a member of the work force who is unemployed involuntarily.
Any of these individuals qualify when an employee is either voluntarily or involuntarily terminated from their job (unless it's for "gross misconduct") or if the employee has reduced hours that limited health benefits.
His lips were warm and inviting, and she involuntarily responded to their query.
She glanced up at him involuntarily.
Obviously a warrior-king was preferable to a regimen of women and children, and the eyes of the wiser Magyars turned involuntarily towards Wladislaus III.
More complicated actions, which may seem purposeful, can also occur involuntarily.
Involuntarily he felt a joyful agitation at the thought of the humiliation of arrogant Austria and that in a week's time he might, perhaps, see and take part in the first Russian encounter with the French since Suvorov met them.
All eyes fastened involuntarily on this French column advancing against them and winding down over the uneven ground.
He sighed and, doing so, groaned involuntarily.
When she was not looking at him she felt that he was looking at her shoulders, and she involuntarily caught his eye so that he should look into hers rather than this.
Anatole returned and looked at Dolokhov, trying to give him his attention and evidently submitting to him involuntarily.
Pierre involuntarily glanced at the loose button.
His whole short corpulent figure with broad thick shoulders, and chest and stomach involuntarily protruding, had that imposing and stately appearance one sees in men of forty who live in comfort.
During the speech that followed, Balashev, who more than once lowered his eyes, involuntarily noticed the quivering of Napoleon's left leg which increased the more Napoleon raised his voice.
Involuntarily listening now to the firing, which had drawn nearer and was increasing in strength, Alpatych hurried to his inn.
She had noticed with what dissatisfaction he turned from the look she sometimes involuntarily fixed on him.
Unconsciously she sat up, smoothed her hair, got up, and went to the window, involuntarily inhaling the freshness of the clear but windy evening.
Involuntarily she thought their thoughts and felt their feelings.
In giving and accepting battle at Borodino, Kutuzov acted involuntarily and irrationally.
For a little while he was left alone and involuntarily witnessed what was taking place on the other two tables.
He rode hurriedly from the battlefield and returned to the Shevardino knoll, where he sat on his campstool, his sallow face swollen and heavy, his eyes dim, his nose red, and his voice hoarse, involuntarily listening, with downcast eyes, to the sounds of firing.
As Pierre passed through the fence gate, he was enveloped by hot air and involuntarily stopped.
Involuntarily he noticed a Georgian or Armenian family consisting of a very handsome old man of Oriental type, wearing a new, cloth- covered, sheepskin coat and new boots, an old woman of similar type, and a young woman.
But the latter's good-natured naivete was so boundless that sometimes even he involuntarily yielded to Nicholas' good humor.
Who is there in Petersburg? he asked involuntarily, though only to himself.
The blood rushed to Natasha's face and her feet involuntarily moved, but she could not jump up and run out.
All seriously thinking historians have involuntarily encountered this question.
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A student asked me why dogs kick, seemingly involuntarily, when you pet them sometimes; especially on the belly.
Strong rectal pressure, with or without an urge to push or move the bowels, may cause the woman to grunt involuntarily.
Men can get excited involuntarily, especially young men.
Those who returned involuntarily often exhibit signs of depression, sadness and melancholy.
She shook her head, her body relaxing involuntarily.
His fingers dug into her arms and she cried out involuntarily.
The relationship of landlord and tenant may be altered either voluntarily, by the act of the parties, or involuntarily, by the operation of law, and may also be dissolved.
In the first place, the intuition of causality does not require will at all, because we often perceive one bodily member pressing another involuntarily; a man suffering from lockjaw neither wills nor can avoid feeling the pressure of his upper and lower jaws against one another.