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† evil-willing, a. Obs.
[f. evil adv. + willing a. or pres. pple.]
1. Unwilling, disinclined. Const. to with inf.
1525Ld. Berners Froiss, II. cxl. 151 a, He was euell willinge to shewe the trouthe. 1563Homilies ii. Rogat. Week iii. (1859) 492 This Spirit will never enter into an evil-willing soul.
2. quasi-n. An ill-wisher, enemy.
c1340Cursor M. 6829 (Trin.) If þou fynde of þyne euele willonde Vndir birþen his beest liggonde helpe him.
Hence evil-willingly adv., grudgingly, unwillingly.
1549Chaloner tr. Erasm. Moriæ Enc. S iv, They doe it evilwillyngly. |