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willfully

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of willfully

with full awareness of what one is doing

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

advisedly, consciously, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, knowingly, purposefully, purposely, purposively, wittingly
Words Related to willfully

calculatedly, studiedly

voluntarily, willingly

premeditatedly
Phrases Synonymous with willfully

on purpose
Near Antonyms of willfully

accidentally, incidentally

haphazardly, randomly

involuntarily, unwillingly

impulsively, instinctively, spontaneously
Antonyms of willfully

inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly

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