Both Uses of
spontaneous
in
The History of Love
- Inside, a very old man with white hair was standing next to a filing cabinet under a poster that said: HENCE WITHOUT PARENTS, BY SPONTANEOUS BIRTH, RISE HE FIRST SPECKS OF ANIMATED EARTH—ERASMUS DARWIN.†
spontaneous = behaving in an instinctive, uninhibited manner OR happening naturally (without planning or external force)
- The fifth time they met, under the spell of Rosa's youthful spontaneity—halfway through a heated discussion...—Litvinoff surprised himself by proposing they go hear a concert together.
*spontaneity = behaving in an instinctive, uninhibited manner
Definition:
behaving in an instinctive, uninhibited manner
or:
happening naturally (without planning or external force)
or:
happening naturally (without planning or external force)