how to pronounce voluntarily

/ˌvɑːlənˈtɛɹəliː/

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voluntarily is pronounced in five syllables

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iː

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An example use of voluntarily in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… peer here today voluntarily and answer …”

meanings of voluntarily

adverb:

In a voluntary manner.

voluntarily frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word voluntarily occurs in english on average 3.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics voluntarily can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that voluntarily can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;