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[syn: willfully, wilfully]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wilful \Wil"ful\, a., Wilfully \Wil"ful*ly\, adv., Wilfulness
\Wil"ful*ness\, n.
See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wilfully
adv 1: in a willful manner; "she had willfully deceived me"
[syn: willfully, wilfully]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
WILFULLY, intentionally.
2. In charging certain offences it is required that they should be
stated to be wilfully done. Arch. Cr. Pl. 51, 58; Leach's Cr. L. 556.
3. In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the word maliciously was an
equivalent for the word wilfully, in an indictment for arson. 5 Whart. R.
427.