willingly
B2
adv
Freq #9803
Meanings
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1
adv
in a willing manner
I willingly accept
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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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Synonyms
1
adv
· in a willing manner
faingladlylief
Opposites
unwillingly