willingful

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adjective

willing; wilful

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivewillingful (comparative more willingful, superlative most willingful)

comparative more willingful · superlative most willingful

  1. nonstandardwilling; wilful

    if there are alot^([sic]) of willingful and eagered customers - then the industry will grow (ecenomics alan..).

    1997 August 7, Michael Nguyen >aprilla RSV250, DUCATI 916SP3<, “Alan and his usual crap”, in aus.politics (Usenet), retrieved 03 Apr 2022
    2 more examples

    I am sorry, but if you are drunk, and got drunk willingly, and had willingful (thus conscious) sex with someone, IMO a rape has not taken place.

    1993 July 21, Charles Savoie, “UMD Rapist Poster Another Perspective”, in alt.feminism (Usenet), retrieved 03 Apr 2022

    Science fiction requires the reader's `willingful suspension of disbelief' to accomodate^([sic]) different laws of nature, or laws of nature as we have discovered them (technology). Fantasy requires the reader's `willingful suspension of disbelief' to accomodate^([sic]) different natural and supernatural laws (e.g. magic).

    1996 November 21, m...@mole-end.matawan.nj.us, “recommended books for sf writers”, in misc.writing (Usenet), retrieved 03 Apr 2022

Origin

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APA

willingful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willingful

MLA

“willingful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willingful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “willingful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willingful.

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