also wilfully, late Old English wilfullice "of one's own free will, voluntarily;" see willful + -ly (2). Mid-14c. as "deliberately, knowingly." Bad sense of "on purpose" is attested from late 14c.
she had willfully deceived me
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wilful
Wilhelm
will
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William
willies
willing
will-o'-the-wisp
willow