Both Uses
spontaneous
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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- Maybe for the sake of business arrangements she restrained a spontaneous reaction.†
p. 207.8 *spontaneous = behaving in an instinctive, uninhibited manner OR happening naturally (without planning or external force)
- We were like actors who, knowing the play by heart, were still able to cry afresh over the old tragedies and laugh spontaneously at the comic situations.†
p. 267.3spontaneously = happening in a natural manner without planning or external force
Definitions:
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(1)
(spontaneous) happening naturally, suddenly, or without outside planning or action
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)