MEANING
Occurring without conscious choice or control.
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- involuntary movement
- involuntary gasp
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An involuntary gasp interrupted her reply.
The movement was involuntary.
He suppressed an involuntary smile.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: More involuntary; most involuntary where gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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