willingly
English
Etymology
From Middle English willyngly, wyllyngly (“intentionally, deliverately; freely, gladly”), from Old English willendlīċe (“diligently”), equivalent to willing + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
- Hyphenation: will‧ing‧ly
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Adverb
willingly (comparative more willingly, superlative most willingly)
- Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
- 1748, [David Hume], chapter 29, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.
Translations
of one’s own free will
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