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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
English
Adverb
willingly (comparative willinglier or more willingly, superlative willingliest or most willingly)
- 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.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 29.
Synonyms
Translations
of one’s own free will
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