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Definition
behaving in an instinctive, uninhibited manner
or:
happening naturally (without planning or external force)
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happening naturally (without planning or external force)
- Monsignor gave the effect of sunlight to many people; Amory gave it in his youth and, to some extent, when he was very much older, but never again was it quite so mutually spontaneous.1.1 — Amory, Son of Beatrice (69% in)
- Things had livened surprisingly, though at the sacrifice of much of the spontaneous charm of freshman year.1.3 — The Egotist Considers (56% in)
- Things that are spontaneous in each of us—or were originally.1.4 — Narcissus Off Duty (54% in)
There are no more uses of "spontaneous" in This Side of Paradise.
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