INVOLUNTARY


Meaning of INVOLUNTARY in English

1.

If you make an ~ movement or exclamation, you make it suddenly and without intending to because you are unable to control yourself.

Another surge of pain in my ankle caused me to give an ~ shudder.

ADJ

involuntarily

His left eyelid twitched involuntarily.

ADV: ADV with v

2.

You use ~ to describe an action or situation which is forced on someone.

...insurance policies that cover ~ unemployment...

= forced

ADJ

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