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

As China expands its legal power, the United States is willfully eroding its own. — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

The person, whose name was not released, was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully causing a fire resulting in injury to fires, obstructing or delaying a police investigation and willfully resisting, obstructing or delaying a fire investigation. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Contempt of Congress is a federal misdemeanor in which an individual willfully disobeys or impedes a congressional investigation. — Connor Greene, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

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