All 5 Uses of
spontaneous
in
1984, by Orwell
- At the Ministry he was employed in some subordinate post for which intelligence was not required, but on the other hand he was a leading figure on the Sports Committee and all the other committees engaged in organizing community hikes, spontaneous demonstrations, savings campaigns, and voluntary activities generally.†
p. 22.4spontaneous = behaving in an instinctive, uninhibited manner OR happening naturally (without planning or external force)
- All over Oceania this morning there were irrepressible spontaneous demonstrations when workers marched out of factories and offices and paraded through the streets with banners voicing their gratitude to Big Brother for the new, happy life which his wise leadership has bestowed upon us.†
p. 58.1
- It struck him as a curious fact that he had never heard a member of the Party singing alone and spontaneously.†
p. 142.1 *spontaneously = happening in a natural manner without planning or external force
- Times beyond number, at Party rallies and spontaneous demonstrations, she had shouted at the top of her voice for the execution of people whose names she had never heard and in whose supposed crimes she had not the faintest belief.†
p. 152.8spontaneous = behaving in an instinctive, uninhibited manner OR happening naturally (without planning or external force)
- It had come into his head spontaneously.†
p. 179.3spontaneously = happening in a natural manner without planning or external force
Definition:
happening naturally, suddenly, or without outside planning or action