willfully

1. 1.

   in a willful manner

   “she had willfully deceived me”

   Synonymswilfully

Questions about willfully

What does willfully mean?

willfully means "in a willful manner".

How many syllables are in willfully?

willfully has 3 syllables: will-ful-ly. The stress falls on "will". In IPA it is /ˈwɪlfəli/.

What is another word for willfully?

Close synonyms include wilfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is willfully a common word?

willfully is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with willfully?