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willingly

adverb

  1. without reluctance (readily/consentingly)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlɪŋli/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English willyngly, wyllyngly (“intentionally, deliverately; freely, gladly”), from Old English willendlīċe (“diligently”), equivalent to willing + -ly.

  1. Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.

    Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.

    In the first place, although many people wanted nationalisation and it became the will of Parliament, there were many other people who did not want it, have never willingly accepted it, and never will.