volitionally
/vəˈlɪʃənəli/adverb
volitionally is an adverb meaning “Willingly or decidedly; in a volitional or willed way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-I-T-I-O-N-A-L-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does volitionally mean?
adverb
- 1
Willingly or decidedly; in a volitional or willed way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce volitionally?
- /vəˈlɪʃənəli/
- /vəˈlɪʃənli/
- /vəˈlɪʃnəli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volitionally?
Volitionally appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Volitionally in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense willingly or decidedly; in a volitional or willed way:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | volicionalmente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does volitionally come from?
From volitional + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).