willingly
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1.9
- adverb
- /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
:
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- She willingly offered to help her friends with their project.
- willingly accept
- willingly give
- willingly embrace
Why would I ever want to willingly run for four hours straight?
- Why would I ever want to willingly run for four hours straight?
- They're never gonna willingly concede those gains.
- You have to willingly accept them into your brain as a host.
- I cannot deny them fresh meat when it wanders so willingly into our midst.
- The only way it can be lost is if the person willingly chooses to abandon it.
- So I don't think I can like willingly read a book with that kind of content.
- She's stuck by my side the whole time willingly.
- And you know, I'll die first and I willingly die first.
- And that's why it is amazing what people give up willingly and largely out of ignorance.
- Look at the amount of abuse that Donald Trump willingly took on.
- I find your characters and situations affirming for all the darkness they willingly surround themselves with.
- They came willingly, which questionable consent.
Examples
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There, the King would willingly subject himself to a fair public trial.
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We contacted that playwright, and he willingly set up a writer's workshop for our students.
Academic text (2013) -
You gave yourself willingly, so kind and warm and friendly.
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So I have many books in my house now that I would willingly read a second time.
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Does that look like somewhere I would willingly go?
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And what of the lady who so willingly helped you?
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We offered them willingly for your cause!
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And I agree with Frank, they will willingly pay to make those choices.
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You submitted to the exam willingly, correct?
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Nevertheless, the vast majority of workshop participants willingly participated in the study.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
165
3.4
You do something by choice, not because someone forces you
136
1.0
With pleasure and willing to do something
57
4.6
Completely and sincerely, with full support and no doubts
34
1.0
In a happy, friendly way that shows you want to help
To do something willingly without complaining or feeling angry
In a way you choose after thinking about it
Antonyms
How Willing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Willingly comes from the simple word will, which means 'want' or 'wish', plus the endings -ing and -ly, so it can be seen as 'by your will' or 'by choice'. That's why willingly means doing something readily or voluntarily.