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willingly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
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1

adv

Meaning 1

Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a willing manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I willingly accept

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: volitionally

Antonyms: unwillingly

History

Etymology

From Middle English willyngly, wyllyngly (“intentionally, deliverately; freely, gladly”), from Old English willendlīċe (“diligently”), equivalent to willing + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَوْعًا (ṭawʕan) — of one’s own free will
  • Arabic: طَوَاعِيَةً (ṭawāʕiyatan) — of one’s own free will
  • Asturian: d'alcuerdu — of one’s own free will
  • Bulgarian: охо́тно (ohótno) — of one’s own free will
  • Catalan: gustosament — of one’s own free will
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樂意 /乐意 (lèyì) — of one’s own free will
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ha hiari — of one’s own free will
  • Dutch: graag — of one’s own free will
  • Dutch: willens — of one’s own free will
  • Esperanto: volonte — of one’s own free will
  • Finnish: vapaaehtoisesti — of one’s own free will
  • French: volontiers — of one’s own free will
  • Galician: boamente — of one’s own free will
  • German: gern — of one’s own free will
  • German: gerne — of one’s own free will
  • Greek: πρόθυμα (próthyma) — of one’s own free will
  • Hungarian: szívesen — of one’s own free will
  • Icelandic: fúslega — of one’s own free will
  • Italian: volentieri — of one’s own free will
  • Italian: con piacere — of one’s own free will
  • Italian: di buongrado — of one’s own free will
  • Italian: di buon grado — of one’s own free will
  • Japanese: 進んで (susunde) — of one’s own free will
  • Korean: 기꺼이 (gikkeoi) — of one’s own free will
  • Latin: libenter — of one’s own free will
  • Northern Mansi: ка̄сасым (kāsasym) — of one’s own free will
  • Northern Mansi: таӈхим (taňhim) — of one’s own free will
  • Norman: dé bouôn tchoeu — of one’s own free will
  • Plautdietsch: wellens — of one’s own free will
  • Portuguese: de boa vontade — of one’s own free will
  • Romanian: de bunăvoie — of one’s own free will
  • Russian: охо́тно (oxótno) — of one’s own free will
  • Serbo-Croatian: својевољно (svȍjevōljno) — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: de buena gana — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: gustosamente — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: a solaz — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: de gana — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: buenamente — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: de buena voluntad — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: de voluntad — of one’s own free will
  • Spanish: queriendo — of one’s own free will
  • Swedish: gärna — of one’s own free will
  • Swedish: frivilligt — of one’s own free will
  • Turkish: can atarak — of one’s own free will
  • Turkish: isteyerek — of one’s own free will
  • Ukrainian: охо́че (oxóče) — of one’s own free will
  • Venetan: bolincera — of one’s own free will
  • Vietnamese: sẵn lòng — of one’s own free will
  • Volapük: vilöfo — of one’s own free will