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willingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
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Etymology

From Middle English willyngly, wyllyngly (“intentionally, deliverately; freely, gladly”), from Old English willendlīċe (“diligently”), equivalent to willing + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
    • In the first place, although many people wanted nationalisation and it became the will of Parliament, there were many other people who did not want it, have never willingly accepted it, and never will. 1958 January 14, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 12:
    • Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation. 1748, [David Hume], chapter 29, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most willingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more willingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

unwillingly

Synonyms

happily · gladly

Translations (49)

es de gana (of one’s own free will) · it di buon grado (of one’s own free will) · es de buena voluntad (of one’s own free will) · bg охо́тно (of one’s own free will) · fr volontiers (of one’s own free will) · nl willens (of one’s own free will) · zdj ha hiari (of one’s own free will) · nl graag (of one’s own free will) · ar طَوَاعِيَةً (of one’s own free will) · ar طَوْعًا (of one’s own free will) · hu szívesen (of one’s own free will) · es gustosamente (of one’s own free will) · de gern (of one’s own free will) · ru охо́тно (of one’s own free will) · tr can atarak (of one’s own free will) · eo volonte (of one’s own free will) · ca gustosament (of one’s own free will) · it volentieri (of one’s own free will) · es buenamente (of one’s own free will) · ast d'alcuerdu (of one’s own free will) · pdt wellens (of one’s own free will) · ko 기꺼이 (of one’s own free will) · mns-nor таӈхим (of one’s own free will) · cmn 樂意 /乐意 (of one’s own free will) · is fúslega (of one’s own free will) · es queriendo (of one’s own free will) · ro de bunăvoie (of one’s own free will) · nrf dé bouôn tchoeu (of one’s own free will) · fi vapaaehtoisesti (of one’s own free will) · vi sẵn lòng (of one’s own free will) · es de voluntad (of one’s own free will) · sh својевољно (of one’s own free will) · it con piacere (of one’s own free will) · mns-nor ка̄сасым (of one’s own free will) · gl boamente (of one’s own free will) · it di buongrado (of one’s own free will) · es de buena gana (of one’s own free will) · es a solaz (of one’s own free will) · sv frivilligt (of one’s own free will) · ja 進んで (of one’s own free will) · uk охо́че (of one’s own free will) · el πρόθυμα (of one’s own free will) · sv gärna (of one’s own free will) · vec bolincera (of one’s own free will) · vo vilöfo (of one’s own free will) · la libenter (of one’s own free will) · pt de boa vontade (of one’s own free will) · tr isteyerek (of one’s own free will) · de gerne (of one’s own free will)