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† unˈwilly, a. Obs.
[un-1 7. Cf. OHG. (G.) unwillig (MHG. unwillic), (M)Du. onwillig, ON. úviljugr (Da. uvillig, Sw. ovillig).]
1. Unwilling (to do something); averse.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 93 Sinne hem is loð to leten, and unwilliche to bete. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 139 A man vnmyghti othir vnwilli to gouerne it duli. c1440Promp. Parv. 314 Lothe, or vnwylly, involuntarius, inspontaneus. c1475Cath. Angl. 418/2 (A.), Vn Wylly, coactus, jnuitus.
2. Involuntary. rare—1.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lv. (1495) 269 Somtime comyth vnwylly pyssynge. [Cf. unwilling ppl. a. 5.] |