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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Willful  \Will"ful\,  a.  [Will  +  full.]  [Written  also  wilful.] 
  1.  Of  set  purpose;  self-determined;  voluntary;  as  willful 
  murder.  --Foxe. 
 
  In  willful  poverty  chose  to  lead  his  life. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  Thou  to  me  Art  all  things  under  heaven,  all  places 
  thou,  Who  for  my  willful  crime,  art  banished  hence 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Governed  by  the  will  without  yielding  to  reason; 
  obstinate;  perverse;  inflexible;  stubborn;  refractory;  as 
  a  willful  man  or  horse.  --  {Will"ful*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Will"ful*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  willfully 
  adv  :  in  a  willful  manner;  "she  had  willfully  deceived  me"  [syn:  {wilfully}] 




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