willfully
adverb
USdisapproving(UKwilfully)us/ˈwɪl.fəl.i/uk/ˈwɪl.fəl.i/in a way that iswillful(=intentional, ordeterminedto do as youwant):
Somebasicsafetyruleswere willfullyignored.
"Ithinkthat you are willfullymisunderstandingme," theeditorsaid.
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willful
- They had willfullydestroyedanyrecordsoftheirbankdeposits.
- I'm not being willfullydifficult, I justdesperatelywanttoknow.
- Thecommitteewasattackedfor willfullyignoringevidencewhich he gave them.
Strong-willed
- adamant
- adamantine
- adamantly
- aggressive
- aggressively
- go-getting
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- hard-headed
- pigheadedly
- purposeful
- purposefully
- pushy
- recalcitrant
- ultra-serious
- unbending
- undaunted
- unrelenting
- unrelentingly