Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

voluntarily

/ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: vol-un-ta-ri-ly
IPA: /ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a voluntary manner, particularly

adv

In a voluntary manner

Example Sentences

"But no state has voluntarily sought a statewide remedy to segregation in the 70 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed government sanctioned, racially separate schools."
"As Shaylene was legally considered an adult, the police initially assumed she left voluntarily. They considered she may have parked the car or willingly gotten into another vehicle to skip town."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English voluntarie English voluntary Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English voluntarily From voluntary + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/
British English: /ˌvɒlənˈtɛɹɪli/

Inflected Forms

more voluntarily (comparative) most voluntarily (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonvoluntarily unvoluntarily

Synonyms

willingly acquiescently complicitly consciously consentingly cooperatively expectedly intentionally knowingly obligingly voluntarily

Antonyms

compulsorily involuntarily accidentally unintentionally unknowingly unwillingly

Rhymes With

necessarily primarily temporarily extraordinarily ordinarily momentarily militarily merrily customarily secondarily warily wearily

Questions

How do you pronounce voluntarily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/.
What does voluntarily mean?: In a voluntary manner, particularly
Where does voluntarily come from?: Etymology tree Middle English voluntarie English voluntary Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English voluntarily From voluntary + -ly.

How to pronounce voluntarily

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “voluntarily”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “voluntarily”.
Repeat and practice — Say “voluntarily” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.