wayward
adjective
turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient.
waywardly
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a word derived from
wayward.
Example Sentences
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He's had the sort of night that's involved lots of polite thumb-raising to team-mates who've waywardly attempted to supply him.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024
And Sunday, Westbrook was mostly a negative, the ball either slipping off his fingers or firing waywardly off his hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Curry caught a waywardly high pass and touched down on the toes of his sneakers, balanced precariously just in bounds.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2016
Newcastle seem devoid of ideas going forward, Wijnaldum and Anita both crossing waywardly with Cisse nowhere to be seen.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 14, 2015
Bashfully, swimmingly, pleadingly, scoffingly, Temptingly, languidly, lovingly, laughingly, Witchingly, roguishly, playfully, naughtily, Willfully, waywardly, meltingly, haughtily, Gleamed the eyes of Yang Kuei Fei.
From Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland
