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willfully

[wil-fuh-lee] / ˈwɪl fə li /




ADVERB
intentionally
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This is a willfully ignorant reading of the current reality of the country’s electoral politics, but Anthony Liuzzo was unsurprised by it.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is willfully and delightfully unpredictable: part showman, part provocateur.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

“They willfully participated in his scams. They deserved to lose every penny,” another user wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Sometimes sheep are merely sheep, and sometimes they’re stand-ins for a willfully credulous populace.

From Salon May 17, 2026

The path unwound; perhaps it was taking them somewhere, willfully, since neither of them could step off it and go knowingly into the annihilation of whiteness that was the grass on either side.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson




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