willingly

adv
/ˈwɪlɪŋli/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from willendlīċe — “diligently
  2. inherited from willyngly

Definitions

  1. Of one’s own free will

    Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.

    • Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for willingly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA