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WILFULLY
willfully, wilfully
(adverb) in a willful manner; “she had willfully deceived me”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
wilfully (comparative more wilfully, superlative most wilfully)
(obsolete) Willingly, of one's own free will.
Deliberately, on purpose; maliciously.
Source: Wiktionary
Wil"ful, a., Wil"ful*ly, adv., Wil"ful*ness, n.
Definition: See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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