willing
- disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along.
- cheerfully consenting or ready: a willing worker.
- done, given, borne, used, etc., with cheerful readiness.
Origin of willing
Synonyms for willing
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Contemporary Examples of willingly
The letter attacks Braley for having “willingly voted for extreme measures that threaten the lives of unborn children.”
Of course, this was greeted with a round of applause and whoops from her room of willingly incarcerated followers.
We willingly give our health care providers a wealth of data about ourselves.
McCaskill told me the victim had willingly gone home from a bar with the defendant—but then things took a dark turn.
Back then she was “forced,” but soon she started to hustle on corners “willingly,” and was paid for sex.
Historical Examples of willingly
To avoid that, if there were no other way, I would most willingly be buried alive.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
How willingly would my dear mother shew kindness to me, were she permitted!
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
I did so most willingly, as we had already got further to the eastward than I wished.
You feel sleepy after your meals, and willingly enjoy a nap?
The Imaginary InvalidMolire
How willingly he would have hastened back and replaced the money if he but had it.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
willing
- favourably disposed or inclined; ready
- cheerfully or eagerly compliant
- done, given, accepted, etc, freely or voluntarily
Word Origin and History for willingly
willing
Old English willendliche; see will (v.).
Idioms and Phrases with willingly
willing
see ready, willing, and able; spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.