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wilfully

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Adv.1.wilfully - in a willful manner; "she had willfully deceived me"
willfully
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wilfully willfully (US) [ˈwɪlfəlɪ] ADV
1. (= obstinately) → voluntariosamente, tercamente
you have wilfully ignored → te has obstinado en no hacer caso de ...
2. (= intentionally) → a propósito, adrede
wilfully [ˈwɪlfʊli] adv
(= deliberately) → sciemment
(= stubbornly)
West was wilfully blind to the abuse that took place → West restait obstinément aveugle aux abus qui avaient lieu.
wilfully, (US) willfully
adv
(= stubbornly) → eigensinnig
(= deliberately) destroy, damage, waste → mutwillig; ignore, neglect, disobey → vorsätzlich
wilfully willfully (Am) [ˈwɪlfəlɪ] adv (see adj) → intenzionalmente, premeditatamente, testardamente
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I have no need to observe that I do not wilfully or negligently mislead my readers and that before I wrote that description I took pains to investigate the subject.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
For my own part I believe I have never got any good from a book that I did not read lawlessly and wilfully, out of all leading and following, and merely because I wanted to read it; and I here make bold to praise that way of doing.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
He writhed under the jokes, practical and otherwise, which were perpetually made at his expense, and yet never ceased, it seemed wilfully, to expose himself to them.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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