Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a volitional manner; as respects volition; by the act of willing.
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- adverb
Willingly ordecidedly .
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- adverb in a willing manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is America prepared to accept an Afghan civilian casualty toll of about 1 million -- killed volitionally or collaterally as we did in Iraq.?
Michael Brenner: COIN Classic, New COIN, Post-Modern COIN Michael Brenner 2011
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He wants to be the first nonspeaking autist to go away volitionally to school.
Ralph James Savarese: The Silver Trumpet Of Freedom Ralph James Savarese 2011
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He wants to be the first nonspeaking autist to go away volitionally to school.
Ralph James Savarese: The Silver Trumpet Of Freedom Ralph James Savarese 2011
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He wants to be the first nonspeaking autist to go away volitionally to school.
Ralph James Savarese: The Silver Trumpet Of Freedom Ralph James Savarese 2011
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He wants to be the first nonspeaking autist to go away volitionally to school.
Ralph James Savarese: The Silver Trumpet Of Freedom Ralph James Savarese 2011
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Humans are volitionally conscious beings, which is a fancy way of saying that we can always make our own choices.
Sound Politics: Health Effects Of Pot Get Short Shrift: Bummer, Man 2007
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And will claim that it is not really the fault of the people who actually made these mistakes as I recall, no one has come forward yet claiming that he/she was forced at gun point to sign any of these loan documents, which means they were signed volitionally and voluntarily, but is the fault of the evil rich, the greedy mortgage bankers, or the villain du jour.
Weekend link-o-rama | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Like the Israelis, we score a military victory but further alienate a population -- a population that is sometimes coerced into cooperation, but is often volitionally complicit as well.
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A pistol grip on a 12 ga. shotgun works if the shooter does not plan to volitionally hit anything: recoil on 1.25 oz of lead exiting at 1330 fps (2 3/4″ shotshell with #4 Buck) is 32 ft-lbs.
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When people volitionally reduce calories coming in by dieting they also decrease calories going out involuntarily.
Follow up on the Israeli low-carb study | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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