willfully
adverb
deliberately or intentionally; on purpose.
Example Sentences
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Their simultaneous existence indicates a broader trend toward sheer, glorious stupidity that viewers crave when practically everything is either too polished and boring or wilfully obtuse.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
I don’t mean to sound trite or wilfully glib, but it’s merely the truth that every ending is followed by a beginning.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
Meta said it would appeal what it called "a baseless claim that lacks any evidence of alleged harm and wilfully ignores how the online advertising industry works".
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
"There's no need for them not to include all children, so then you have to question if is this ignorance or if they're just wilfully excluding children," Ms Crosby-Read said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
“But Mr. Mason seems a man easily led. Your influence, sir, is evidently potent with him: he will never set you at defiance or wilfully injure you.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
