willfully
38
6.0
- adverb
- /ˈwɪl.fəl.i/
- US
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deliberadamente
- To do otherwise would be to willfully allow the nation's souls to starve.
- willfully ignore
- willfully violate
- willfully and knowingly
The government's job is to keep us willfully ignorant.
- The government's job is to keep us willfully ignorant.
- Yeah, it's it's incredible how willfully, willfully ignorant I can be.
- We're being we're being willfully ignorant for not acknowledging who's wrong or right.
- The the people's intentions are misinterpreted, willfully misinterpreted often.
- Forcing disclosure of what you should have known can stop you from remaining wilfully ignorant.
- But another rule is, you know, don't, don't be willfully blind.
- That's more about going you're wilfully mischaracterizing me.
- They are the Germans in Germany that saw this language, that heard this language and willfully look the other way.
- And instead, like you said, they are giving all these MAGA white women a permission structure to be willfully ignorant and cruel and it's disgusting.
- But for others who are willfully blinding themselves to this presence, misconduct, it is the most shameful hour.
- Why would you be indifferent or unaware or wilfully unaware of what has been done in Afghanistan, which is not a small matter?
- You might think of it as being distracted, willfully distracting yourself, not tying down.
Examples
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In the days and weeks that followed, however, the Serbs willfully ignored every accord reached and commitment made.
Academic text (1994) -
She willfully disobeyed the rules, showing her determination to challenge authority.
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If someone willfully does not file, then those penalties could be higher.
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And yet you willfully tried to ruin it.
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State Farm took over the defense of the suit and willfully mishandled it.
Academic text (2004) -
Some have willfully used statistics to mislead.
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Lesson number three is: Never willfully destroy somebody else's property.
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Sometimes I just willfully reject irony.
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In relatively short order, the company stood accused of willfully violating indigenous rights and causing widespread environmental damage.
Academic text (1999) -
Mr. D'Souza has willfully and knowingly violated campaign finance laws.
Synonyms
76
3.9
In a way that shows you know and do it on purpose
31
3.9
To act in a determined way to reach a clear goal
16
5.4
In a bold way that shows you refuse to obey
8
6.7
In a way that shows strong determination and keeps trying without giving up
2
7.2
Refusing to change your opinion or what you do
To refuse to obey people in charge in a stubborn way
Antonyms
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Willfully comes from will, meaning a person's 'wish' or 'choice', plus -ful meaning 'full of' and -ly which makes it an adverb. So to act willfully is to do something 'on purpose' because you are 'full of will' or determined when you act.