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willingly

[ wil-ing-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a consenting and often cheerful way:

    They volunteer for duty on faraway battlefields, willingly putting their lives on the line to fight and possibly die for their country.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··ɾ·Բ· adverb
  • ·ɾ·Բ· adverb
  • ܲ·-ɾ·Բ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of willingly1

First recorded before 900; equivalent to willing ( def ) + -ly ( def )
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In his 1974 book, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, he asked his readers: would you willingly plug your brain into a simulated "experience machine" if you could live out your deepest desires?

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In addition, the label claimed that Drake had "lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated".

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It's hard enough to relax with everything that's going on in the news — would you willingly go to the same place as the worst of the worst on the other side?

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And both groups, blinded by propaganda, willingly march into the meat grinder for rulers who see them as nothing more than disposable labor.

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"This was not a choice willingly made, but rather something we felt forced into in order to look after the charity," they said.

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