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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:willingly.
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)
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