Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
willingly. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
willingly, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
willingly in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
willingly you have here. The definition of the word
willingly will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
willingly, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From Middle English willyngly, wyllyngly (“intentionally, deliverately; freely, gladly”), from Old English willendlīċe (“diligently”), equivalent to willing + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
- Hyphenation: will‧ing‧ly
Adverb
willingly (comparative more willingly, superlative most willingly)
- Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
of one’s own free will
- Arabic: طَوْعًا m (ṭawʕan), طَوَاعِيَةً f (ṭawāʕiyatan)
- Asturian: d'alcuerdu
- Bulgarian: охо́тно (bg) (ohótno)
- Catalan: gustosament (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 樂意 / 乐意 (zh) (lèyì)
- Dutch: graag (nl), willens (nl)
- Esperanto: volonte (eo)
- Finnish: vapaaehtoisesti (fi)
- French: volontiers (fr)
- Galician: boamente
- German: gern (de), gerne (de)
- Greek: πρόθυμα (el) (próthyma)
- Hungarian: szívesen (hu)
- Icelandic: fúslega
- Italian: volentieri (it), con piacere, di buongrado, di buon grado
- Japanese: 進んで (ja) (すすんで, susunde)
- Korean: 기꺼이 (ko) (gikkeoi)
- Latin: libenter
- Mansi:
- Northern Mansi: ка̄сасым (kāsasym), таӈхим (taňhim)
- Ngazidja Comorian: ha hiari
- Norman: dé bouôn tchoeu
- Plautdietsch: wellens
- Portuguese: de boa vontade
- Russian: охо́тно (ru) (oxótno)
- Serbo-Croatian: својевољно (svȍjevōljno)
- Spanish: de buena gana, gustosamente (es), a solaz, de gana
- Swedish: gärna (sv), frivilligt (sv)
- Turkish: can atarak, isteyerek
- Ukrainian: охо́че (uk) (oxóče)
- Venetan: bolincera (vec)
- Vietnamese: sẵn lòng (vi)
- Volapük: vilöfo (vo)
|