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willfully

willfully is the US standard spelling of wilfully.

Meaning of wilfully

Adverb

wilfully (comparative more wilfully, superlative most wilfully)

  1. (obsolete) Willingly, of one's own free will.
    • […]wilfully and comptly commit[…]1581, An Abstract of all the penal Statutes ... Collected by Fardinando Pulton, etc. B.L., England, page 227
  2. Deliberately, on purpose.

Forms of willfully

comparativemore willfully
superlativemost willfully

Origin of willfully

From willful + -ly.

Questions about willfully

What is willfully the US standard spelling of?
Willfully is the US standard spelling of wilfully.

Words near willfully in the dictionary

  1. willful ignorance
  2. willfuler
  3. willfulest
  4. willfuller
  5. willfullest
  6. willfully
  7. willfulness
  8. willfulnesses
  9. Willgoose
  10. willhendersonite
  11. Willhite

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