WILLFUL

froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful

(adjective) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

willful, wilful

(adjective) done by design; “the insult was intentional”; “willful disobedience”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

willful (comparative more willful, superlative most willful)

(American spelling) Alternative form of wilful

Source: Wiktionary


Will"ful, a. Etym: [Will + full.] Etym: [Written also wilful.]

1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder. Foxe. In willful poverty chose to lead his life. Chaucer. Thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence. Milton.

2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse.

– Will"ful*ly, adv.

– Will"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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