Synonyms for willfully
- adverb
- American English
Most common
Definitions
- adv. 1
Deliberately, on purpose.
Related words
- Other spellings
- wilfully UK
Example sentences
- purposely The teacher was purposely spying on us all naked.
- purposefully He purposefully continued to incite conflict.
- resolutely Tom wasn't for stopping: he went on resolutely.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| willfully | steady | |
| purposely | steady | |
| purposefully | rising | |
| resolutely | steady | |
| autocratically | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- purposely3
- 10 letters
- resolutely4
- 12 letters
- purposefully4
- 14 letters
- autocratically
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (purposely3 = 3 syllables).