Synonyms of willfully

willfully

adverb

as in intentionally

with full awareness of what one is doing

willfully chose to risk pneumonia by jumping into a freezing lake on a dare

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intentionally
• deliberately
• purposely
• knowingly
• purposefully
• consciously
• voluntarily
• designedly
• wittingly
• willingly
• purposively
• on purpose
• advisedly
• calculatedly
• studiedly
• premeditatedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inadvertently
• unconsciously
• unwittingly
• accidentally
• unintentionally
• incidentally
• randomly
• unknowingly
• involuntarily
• spontaneously
• instinctively
• haphazardly
• unwillingly
• impulsively

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of willfully

Inside the courtroom, Begoun told the judge and prosecutor what had happened and argued his client had not willfully failed to appear. — Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Kohberger admitted in court to committing the murders willfully and with premeditation. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 July 2026

The special counsel nevertheless concluded that the Justice Department would be unlikely to secure a conviction because prosecutors could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Biden acted willfully. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

Jurors convicted him of one count of tax evasion, four counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, four counts of willfully failing to pay taxes and three counts of mortgage fraud. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

Under federal law, persons who 'knowingly and willfully … make any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation' to Congress may be subject to penalties. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 23 July 2026

The letter also warns that anyone who knowingly and willfully gives false information in registering to vote or voting would face criminal prosecution. — Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Beloved legacies in the racing game universe, from Need for Speed, to Colin McRae Dirt, to Grid, to Burnout—the one that’s been most conspicuously absent the longest, somehow—willfully, eagerly thrown away. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 8 July 2026

There will be those who willfully or cynically refuse to see it that simply. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 July 2026