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Webster 1913 Edition


Willingly

Will′ing-ly

,
adv.
In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully.
Chaucer.
The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as some would
willingly
represent it.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition


Willingly

WILLINGLY

,
adv.
1.
With free will; without reluctance; cheerfully.
2.
By ones own choice.
The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as some would willingly represent it.

Definition 2024


willingly

willingly

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willingly (comparative willinglier or more willingly, superlative willingliest or most willingly)

  1. Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 29.
      Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.

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