SPONTANEOUS


Meaning of SPONTANEOUS in English

[adjective] - happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forcedWhen people saw pictures of the atrocities on TV, there was a spontaneous reaction against the war.Her witticisms seemed spontaneous, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand.(approving) The Italians are generally so much more spontaneous, open and friendly than the British.There have been a few cases reported of people dying by spontaneous combustion (= by starting to burn without any obvious cause).

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.