Wilfully

Word WILFULLY
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈwɪlfəli/

Definitions and meanings of "Wilfully"

What do we mean by wilfully?

Willingly, of one's own free will.

Deliberately, on purpose; maliciously.

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The word "wilfully" in example sentences

So that he here describes the worst of sinners, -- those that sin wilfully, and against the convictions of their own consciences, whereby they add rebellion to their sin, -- those that sin deliberately, and with a great deal of plot and contrivance, using ❋ Unknown (1721)

26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, ❋ Unknown (1721)

You, I well know, would shudder at the idea of wilfully depriving yourself of reason, and of sinking yourself to the situation of a beast or of a maniac. ❋ Edward Berens (N/A)

It is not difficult to understand that the painter of a ‘Proserpine’ and a ‘Ghirlandata’ would occasionally feel the luxury of a mood intellectually lazy, and would be minded to give voice to it — as in this instance — in terms wilfully extreme; keeping his mental eye none the less steadily directed to a ❋ Theodore Watts-Dunton (1873)

"I know you like him the best," said her cousin wilfully. ❋ Unknown (1856)

All you have to do is to repent and trust to Him, and to go and sin no more, intentionally, wilfully that is to say. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

There is the odd zinger - "Superhero just lying down", for instance, whose title wilfully undercuts the image of a hero apparently in full flight - but, in the main, they are more like bad greeting-card puns than clever witticisms. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"(Rau could) at best be described as wilfully blind to what was going on, at worst highly dishonest, deceitful and calculated conduct," he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Acts such as wilfully distorting your chart figures and preventing people from linking to specific blog entries are highly unbecoming. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A sub-heading inserted in the article, claiming that McNally had "wilfully" avoided uncovering hit squads in KwaZulu-Natal, did not reflect the contents of the story, the M&G said in a statement. ❋ Unknown (1998)

It is a crime in that state, punishable by imprisonment up to five years and a fine of up to $10,000, for a person to "wilfully" record a conversation without the consent of both parties or to "wilfully" disclose the contents of such an illegally recorded conversation. ❋ ITY National Archives (1998)

They also argued that Kasab was not a fugitive as he was not "wilfully" avoiding the Pakistani court. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The UK Government currently only names companies that "wilfully" disregard the legislation.

This time in a trial by jury, Microsoft was found to have "wilfully" infringed on the Uniloc patent and was ordered to pay more than the original damages claim. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even though the cable industry has developed special tuning adapters to take care of this problem, the FCC goes ahead and tries to fine Time Warner Cable and Cox for "wilfully" preventing some unidirectional CableCARD-based devices from accessing programming that was moved to a switched digital video (SDV) tier. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Section seventy - seven of said chapter is amended by inserting after the word "wilfully", in the first line, the words: — intentionally and without riglit, — so as to read as foUows: — Section 77. ❋ Unknown (1663)

[186] "wilfully" = voluntarily, of His own Will as God. ❋ Unknown (1901)

After the radio talk show millionaire "entertainers" and the insurance lobby have whipped thier weak minded and wilfully ignorant followers into a wild eyed frenzy and into voting against thier own interest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rumsfeld needs to go to prison, he wilfully sidestepped the law and tortured those criminals at Gitmo ❋ Unknown (2009)

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