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单词 willingly
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willinglyadv.

Brit. /ˈwɪlɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈwɪlɪŋli/
Forms: Old English willendlice, Old English willindlice, Old English willynlice, Middle English welyngly, Middle English willingli, Middle English willyngely, Middle English willyngli, Middle English willyngly, Middle English wyllandly, Middle English–1500s wyllyngly, Middle English– willingly, 1500s wyllinglye, 1500s wyllyngely, 1500s–1600s willinglye; also Scottish pre-1700 villandly, pre-1700 villingly, pre-1700 wilinglie, pre-1700 willinglie, pre-1700 wollinglie, pre-1700 wolynlye, pre-1700 wyllinglie, pre-1700 wyllingly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: will v.1, will v.2, -ing suffix2, -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < will v.1 or will v.2 + -ing suffix2 + -ly suffix2. Compare willing adj. and see discussion at that entry of its possible attestation in Old English.Rare in Old English. Compare Old English welwillendlīce ( < well-willing adj. + -ly suffix2) and selfwillendlīce (see self-willing adj.), which are more frequently attested. Uses from the 15th cent. onwards may well show a new formation, rather than continuity with Old English.
In a willing manner (in various senses of the adjective).
1.
a. Readily, consentingly, without reluctance.Used with a variety of connotations, ranging from acquiescence through cheerful consent to eagerness.Often with would: would willingly ‘would like to’, would not willingly ‘would rather not, would be reluctant to’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb]
to goodeOE
thankc888
yernec888
lieflyc900
lovelyeOE
lustly971
willinglyOE
wilfullyc1000
with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE
fainc1175
lustilya1225
lief1297
yfaȝea1300
blethelyc1300
goodlya1375
blelyc1380
willingc1384
bainc1400
acceptably1479
bainlya1500
cheerfully1523
towardly1523
desirously1531
pronely?1532
fainly1535
wilningly1597
bongre1598
libentiously1606
volently1614
propensely1648
easily1649
with (a) good grace1650
unreluctantly1655
with the best will (in the world)1814
unhesitatingly1829
unqualifyingly1841
unloathly1844
happily1889
OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xx. 334 For ðam þæt fæsten ys halig þing... Hyt framað swiðe myclum for Gode þam þe hyt willindlice fæst.
OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 135 Diligenter, willendlice.
c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 105 Blessid be þoo þat willyngly socoureþ poore peopill.
1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. F4v And so be contented to byde the ende wyllyngly, which set on the beginninge wilfullye.
1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. M2 Thou maist the rather, the willinglier, and gladlier do it.
1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (new issue) sig. M.viiv They would not wyllynglye serue him, which would not willingly serue and obey their God & kyng.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xx. sig. Bb8 To bring vs (as willingly-caught fishes) to bite at her baite.
1592–3 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 109 I may neither dispose of my owne..as others usuallie doe, and I willingliest would.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iv. 94 I like this place, and willingly could Waste my time in it. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 475 I craue death more willingly then mercy. View more context for this quotation
1649 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 380 I sall werey wollinglie concwre withe them.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 115 I would willingly fish on the Lee-shore. View more context for this quotation
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 254. ⁋3 I would willingly give you a little good Advice.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 56 ‘Friend, let her eat; the damsel is so faint.’ ‘Yea, willingly,’ replied the youth.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. vi. 154 Often have I observed one..of the sisters willingly go without her dinner..in order that her portion might be reserved for Mr. Stallabras.
1991 Guardian 1 Nov. 35/1 As most people would not willingly be prised away from their VDUs, how can we reduce the risks from working at them?
2018 @Becca_Riverbird 4 Nov. in twitter.com (OED Archive) The older I get the more I willingly accept that I know nothing.
b. figurative. Readily, easily. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without difficulty or delay
lightlyOE
skeetc1175
readya1325
areadilya1375
redelya1375
readilyc1390
goodlyc1405
willingly1577
slightly1594
pliantly1673
1577 Hill's Gardeners Labyrinth i. xiii. 27 The ground..doth willingly apply and retaine the seedes, bestowed or sowne in fayre dayes.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lxv. 581 The vttermost pilling of common walnuts, whether it shale willingly or no.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια vii. x. 456 If the braine had been one entire massie substance, it would not so willingly and gladly as we say, haue risen and falne in the Systole and Diastole.
1955 Times 10 May 7/6 It starts readily when cold (but not always so willingly when hot) and warms up quickly with but little use of the choke.
2013 T. Conrad Heart Trouble (e-book ed.) Marissa forced some food into her mouth, was relieved when it willingly slid down her throat.
2.
a. Intentionally, deliberately, wilfully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb]
willesOE
with one's willc1175
willes and waldesc1225
adviselya1325
wittinglya1340
wilfullyc1374
witting1377
a-purposea1382
of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382
wilfulc1381
willingly1402
of intention1430
knowingly1435
advisedlyc1449
deliberately1471
purpensely1472
purposely1495
prepensedly1496
purpensedly1496
purposedlya1540
proposely?1550
studiously1567
on (also upon) purpose1569
on set purpose1569
of industry1575
affectedly1582
premeditatelya1595
deliberatively1598
consultively1599
intentionallya1673
affectionally1603
by (also out of, on, upon) design1603
intentionately1609
industriouslya1616
perpensedly1624
intendedlya1641
unspontaneously1640
industrously1643
consultedly1645
consideringly1647
designedly1652
premeditatedly1653
wittily1653
intendingly1678
premeditatinglya1679
self-consciously1685
propensely1694
thinkingly1705
accidentally on purpose1711
affectionatelya1716
prepensely?1725
systematically1744
advertently1745
systemically1761
reflectively1775
purposefullya1854
meaningly1867
aimfully1870
purposively1878
designingly1879
proposedly1887
1402 T. Hoccleve Lepistre Cupide (Huntington) l. 391 in Minor Poems (1970) ii. 305 Sauf willyngly the feend deceyued Eeue.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 362 Heere I swere that neuere willyngly In werk ne thoght I nel yow disobeye.
1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1538) ii. 17 b God is lyghte, and therfore..no man which wyllinglye walketh in the vnfrutefull workes of darknesse, hath ony fellowshyp wyth that lyght.
1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Biiiiv Wittinglye and willinglye..ye haue..disobeied youre kinge.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream (1623) iii. ii. 347 Still thou mistak'st, Or else committ'st thy knaueries willingly [1600 wilfully].
1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 132 That nyght, wee carryinge the lighte, the Dutch (as wee suppose) lost us willinglye.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 80 Men that do not willingly deceive the People, or that at least have not a wicked Design to deceive.
1748 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 302 I will not willingly stand in any body's way.
1832 Ariel 31 Mar. 400/1 Multitudes were hurried to their graves before life was extinct, the half-savage attendants willingly mistaking a sinking spell for death.
1969 J. R. Rice Our God-breathed Bk.—the Bible ii. 34 They are ‘willingly ignorant’ of God's revealed truth in the Bible.
2007 Sunday Independent (S. Afr.) 25 Feb. 10 We are willingly deaf to the sufferings of the world.
b. Of one's own free will, without compulsion, voluntarily.
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
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 192 (MED) Is ech comaundement of god so streiȝtli bynding þat if a man do wittingli and willingli aȝens it..þilk man..is dampnable?
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vi. f. 16v Yai ar content to do it willingly with out ony compulsioun.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iii. 58 If hee doe come in my way so,..if I come in his willingly, let him make a Carbonado of me. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 205 I had no remedie but to pay those Crownes for him,..if I had not rather chosen willingly to doe it.
1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. i. 12 (note) For this he was banished his Country, or rather willingly left it.
1798 M. A. Hanway Ellinor II. x. 256 Those who willingly wore chains took care that their value would make their weight bearable.
1889 H. J. Bell Obeah xvi. 198 So far from the white planters selling their estates for whatever they can get for them, it is the rarest thing for a cocoa estate to be sold willingly.
1977 Time 21 Nov. 39/3 She's willingly making herself a stalking horse for the ultra-right.
1995 J. E. Rohde & H. Viswanathan Rural Private Practitioner vi. 131 When a person willingly chooses to work in rural areas, even family and friends express surprise and concern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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