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wilful

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wil·ful  (wlfl)
adj.
Variant of willful.

wilful or US willful
Adjective
1. determined to do things in one's own way: a wilful and insubordinate child
2. deliberate and intentional: wilful misconduct
wilfully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.wilful - done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"
voluntary - of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"
2.wilful - habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

wilful or willful
Translations
wilful, willful (US) [ˈwɪlful] adj [action] → deliberado (= obstinate); testarudo

wilful (US), willful [ˈwɪlful] adj [person] → obstiné(e); [action] → délibéré(e); [crime] → prémédité(e)

wilful (US) willful [ˈwɪlful] adj (= obstinate) → eigensinnig (= deliberate); vorsätzlich

wilful (US), willful [ˈwɪlful] adj [person] → testardo/a; ostinato/a; [action] → intenzionale; [crime] → premeditato/a

wilful will


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I have only to add, that the verdict at the Coroner's Inquest was Wilful Murder against some person, or persons, unknown.
Churchill's removal to London had been of no service to the wilful or nervous part of her disorder.
He had not then talked to me of employment, of ships, of being ready to take another command; but he had discoursed of his early days, in the abundant but thin flow of a wilful invalid's talk.
 
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