willingly

willingly

English

Etymology

willing +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
• Hyphenation: will‧ing‧ly

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Adverb

willingly (comparative willinglier or more willingly, superlative willingliest or most willingly)

1. Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 29.

     Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.

Synonyms

• gladly, happily

Translations

of one’s own free will

Arabic: بِرَغْبَة‎ (bi-raḡba), بِمَتْعَة‎ (bi-matʿa) Catalan: gustosament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 樂意 (zh), 乐意 (zh) (lèyì) Dutch: graag (nl), willens (nl) Esperanto: volonte (eo) Finnish: vapaaehtoisesti French: volontiers (fr) German: gern (de), gerne (de) Hungarian: szívesen (hu) Italian: volentieri (it), con piacere, di buongrado, di buon grado Japanese: 進んで (ja) (すすんで, susunde)

Korean: 기꺼이 (ko) (gikkeoi) Latin: libenter Ngazidja Comorian: ha hiari Norman: dé bouôn tchoeu Portuguese: de boa vontade Russian: охо́тно (ru) (oxótno) Serbo-Croatian: својевољно (svȍjevōljno) Spanish: de buena gana Swedish: gärna (sv) Turkish: can atarak, isteyerek Venetian: bolincera (vec) Volapük: vilöfo (vo)