单词 | of one's goodwill |
释义 | > as lemmasof (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill: voluntarily, without compulsion or constraint. Cf. of one's (own) free will at free will n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [adverb] freelyeOE wilfullyc1000 by one's willOE of oneselfOE self-willesOE of one's own willOE willyOE with one's willc1175 voluntarilyc1374 wilfulc1380 of one's own heada1393 willea1400 willilya1400 of (free) voluntyc1402 of or at one's (own) voluntyc1402 of one's own motion1419 of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill?a1425 on one's own heada1425 of (also by, on, upon) one's own accorda1450 activelyc1454 willinglyc1475 voluntary1480 liberallya1500 of one's own swinge1548 voluntariously1550 voluntarlyc1568 for favour1574 at voluntary1585 of, out of, upon, or at (a person's) own voluntary1585 selfly1595 motu proprio1603 ultroneously1627 unimposedly1647 spontaneously1660 needlessly1710 unmechanically1764 ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 96 Fischez þat hase all þe see at will to swymme in schall with þaire awen gude will [Fr. de lour propre volunte] com þider. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxv. 8 His prynces of their awne good wyll gaue to the Heueofferynge for the people. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 370 Therfore he was come of his awne good will to do some good. a1620 Lady Mildmay Jrnl. in Q. Rev. (1911) 428 120 I would sit with her all daye in her chamber, and by my goodwill would never goe from her. 1668 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Keeper in Wks. (1731) II. 103 I..would by my Good-will eat dry Crusts, and lie upon the Floor, rather than do it upon any other Consideration, than of his Majesty's immediate Commands. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 457/2 I don't suppose my Landlord will be so generous as to ease my Rent of his own good Will. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. xiv. 265 Augusta, I believe, with her own good will, would never stir beyond the park paling. View more context for this quotation 1884 S. St. John Hayti 292 It [sc. the jail of Port-au-Prince] is a cluster of low buildings, surrounded by a wall perhaps ten feet in height, so insecure that no European could be kept there a night except by his own good-will. 1919 F. F. Kelly What Amer. Did ii. xxvii. 242 With complete confidence that the American people would respond of their own good will the conservation measures were all made voluntary. 2008 L. Divine Courtin' Jayd 53 When has Nellie ever tried to help anyone of her own good will? < as lemmas |
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