spontaneously

adverb7 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.0

used especially in scientific or formal contexts for events that happen naturally

to describe events that occur without planning or external cause

to respond to a stimulus without conscious thought or pre-meditation

for problems or situations to appear without a clear cause

to begin suddenly and with great force, like a volcano or conflict

to catch fire without an external source of ignition

to be created or produced without an external agent, often in a biological or abstract sense