willingly
Syllables: will·ing·ly/ˈwɪlɪŋli/
willingly adverb: of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
Adverb
willingly (comparative more willingly, superlative most willingly)
- 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.1748, [David Hume], chapter 29, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- In the first place, although many people wanted nationalisation and it became the will of Parliament, there were many other people who did not want it, have never willingly accepted it, and never will.1958 January, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 12
willingly meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
willingly in Tamil
- தன் விருப்புடன்
willingly in Bengali
- ইচ্ছুকভাবে
willingly in Telugu
- ఇష్టపూర్వకంగా
willingly in Malayalam
- മനസ്സോടെ, സസന്തോഷം, നിർബന്ധിക്കാതെ തന്നെ
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- willingly in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ, ಮನಃಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ
- willingly in Odia
- ସ୍ୱଇଚ୍ଛାରେ
- willingly in Arabic
- طَوْعًا ṭawʕan, طَوَاعِيَةً ṭawāʕiyatan
- willingly in Vietnamese
- sẵn lòng
Examples of willingly in a sentence
- The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.
- They considered she may have parked the car or willingly gotten into another vehicle to skip town.
- What native Angelino would willingly subject themselves to a fifty-minute commute?
Synonyms of willingly
Antonyms
Forms of willingly
| comparative | more willingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most willingly |
Origin of willingly
From Middle English willyngly, wyllyngly (“intentionally, deliverately; freely, gladly”), from Old English willendlīċe (“diligently”), equivalent to willing + -ly.
Questions about willingly
- What does willingly mean?
- Willingly means of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
- What is willingly in Tamil?
- Willingly in Tamil is தன் விருப்புடன். See Willingly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is willingly?
- Willingly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce willingly?
- Willingly is pronounced /ˈwɪlɪŋli/.
Words near willingly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: willingly (page history and authors); willingly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); willingly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); willingly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willingly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); willingly (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); willingly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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