willingly

B2
US /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
adv Freq #9803

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a willing manner

    I willingly accept

  2. 2
    adv

    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.

Etymology

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

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · in a willing manner faingladlylief
2 adv · of one’s own free will;... gladlyhappily
Opposites
unwillingly

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