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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WILLFULLY, adv.
1. Obstinately; stubbornly.
2. By design; with set purpose.
If we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. Hebrews 10.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a willful manner; "she had willfully deceived me" [syn: willfully, wilfully]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see willful

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.