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wilful

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Adjective

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wil=ful

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective wilful has 2 senses

wilful(s = adj.all) willful - done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"
wilful(s = adj.all) froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful - habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition; Array

Derived form noun wilfulness₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

wilful, a.

See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

wilful, adj. (US willful)
1 (of an action or state) intentional, deliberate (wilful murder; wilful neglect; wilful disobedience).
2 (of a person) obstinate, headstrong.

Derivative

wilfully adv. wilfulness n.

Etymology

ME f. WILL(2) + -FUL

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