willfully

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English

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Etymology

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From willful +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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willfully (comparative more willfully, superlative most willfully)

  1. US standard spelling of wilfully.
    • 1892, The Pacific Reporter, volume 27, page 538:
      The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn []