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Adverb
▲
On purpose, consciously and intentionally
deliberately
intentionally
wittingly
knowingly
consciously
purposely
purposefully
premeditatedly
willfully
designedly
purposively
calculatedly
advisedly
calculatingly
premeditatively
prepensely
wantonly
determinedly
resolutely
apurpose
freely
independently
meaningfully
voluntarily
emphatically
on purpose
by design
in cold blood
after consideration
with malice aforethought
without qualms
to that end
with a view to
with eyes wide open
more ❯
“This testimony must be considered along with other evidence in determining whether there was a wilful neglect of duty.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for resistant to control or authority
recalcitrantly
refractorily
intractably
unrulily
disobediently
waywardly
ungovernably
rebelliously
unmanageably
insubordinately
defiantly
contrarily
contumaciously
obstreperously
frowardly
uncontrollably
headstrongly
untowardly
balkily
difficultly
mutinously
undisciplinedly
restively
uncooperatively
fractiously
awkwardly
contrariously
stubbornly
unwillingly
spitefully
more ❯
“As the younger became more wilful and wayward, making the most of her privileged status, the elder became more withdrawn, worried about her destiny.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for stubbornly, and usually unreasonably, holding to an opinion, decision or purpose
obstinately
stubbornly
unyieldingly
unbendingly
inflexibly
obdurately
uncompromisingly
doggedly
intransigently
headstrongly
adamantly
mulishly
pertinaciously
immovably
implacably
perversely
opinionatedly
determinedly
unrelentingly
pigheadedly
hardheadedly
hardly
adamantinely
bullheadedly
inconvincibly
patly
persistently
cussedly
self-willedly
bloody-mindedly
more ❯
“Even Samuel Johnson, who was notoriously wilful when it came to taking the advice of his physicians, listened first and then ignored them.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for having or showing an imperious manner
imperiously
dictatorially
peremptorily
arbitrarily
high-handedly
autocratically
tyrannically
domineeringly
despotically
overbearingly
authoritarianly
tyrannously
bossily
magisterially
willfully
authoritatively
masterfully
oppressively
overweeningly
arrogantly
commandingly
dogmatically
repressively
pushily
draconianly
severely
assertively
officiously
undemocratically
rigidly
more ❯
“He spoke in a wilful and domineering manner, continuing to stride forward.”
Adverb
▲
Adverb for having a tendency to inflict suffering and pain on others
wantonly
cruelly
viciously
maliciously
willfully
arbitrarily
deliberately
evilly
malevolently
spitefully
wickedly
gratuitously
badly
aimlessly
atrociously
barbarically
barbarously
brutally
brutely
fiendishly
heartlessly
inhumanly
inhumanely
sadistically
savagely
truculently
contrarily
inconsiderately
insolently
meanly
mercilessly
ornerily
perversely
undisciplinedly
unfairly
unjustly
unrulily
waywardly
Adverb
▲
Adverb for characteristic of a brat or spoiled child
brattily
willfully
demandingly
obnoxiously
selfishly
troublesomely
Adverb
▲
(of a person) Adverb for liable to unreasonable changes of mood
volatilely
temperamentally
emotionally
fierily
passionately
overemotionally
touchily
impatiently
irascibly
irritably
ornerily
petulantly
sensitively
cholerically
explosively
frowardly
headstrongly
hotheadedly
hypersensitively
melodramatically
chippily
meanly
neurotically
ticklishly
willfully
testily
grumpily
cantankerously
tetchily
snappily
crabbily
crotchetily
excitably
peevishly
crossly
moodily
crabbedly
sullenly
splenetically
waspishly
sulkily
rattily
grouchily
pettishly
crustily
quarrelsomely
fractiously
crankily
uptightly
huffily
dyspeptically
tensely
surlily
morosely
snappishly
angrily
snippily
querulously
glumly
dourly
ill-naturedly
perversely
brusquely
edgily
biliously
captiously
eggily
snarkily
peckishly
bitterly
snakily
miffily
nervously
sourly
broodingly
disagreeably
snarlingly
mercurially
shirtily
stuffily
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Adverb for especially high-spirited
irrepressibly
buoyantly
ebulliently
effervescently
exuberantly
sunnily
vivaciously
animatedly
breezily
jauntily
bouncily
cheerfully
cheerily
joyfully
livelily
merrily
tumultuously
vigorously
zestfully
boisterously
chipperly
chirpily
gaily
gladsomely
peppily
sparklingly
sparkily
upbeatly
zingily
blithely
blithesomely
enthusiastically
rhapsodically
unrulily
willfully
light-heartedly
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