2
independently(adverb, willingly)
2
instead(adverb, rather, sooner, preferably)
2
optionally(adverb, happily, freely, willingly, deliberately)
2
willingly(adverb, happily, freely, rather, deliberately)
1
alternately(adverb, first, willingly, sooner, preferably)
1
as a matter of choice(expression, idiom, adverb, first, willingly)
1
as contrasted with(adverb, rather)
1
as opposed to(adverb, rather)
1
by election
1
by preference(expression, adverb, happily, freely, willingly)
1
by vote
1
electively
1
faute de mieux(adverb, rather)
1
gladly(adverb, happily, willingly)
1
happily(adverb, willingly)
1
in lieu(adverb, rather)
1
in place of(adverb, rather)
1
in preference to(adverb, rather)
1
instead of(adverb, rather)
1
just as soon(expression, idiom, adverb, first, willingly)
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