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Vigorously, energetically, as in He started pruning with a will . This term, first recorded in 1848, uses will in the sense of “determination.”

The good fairy was called Work-with-a-will; the bad fairy, No-will-to-work.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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