It's to say that his character is permanently set, and he's incapable of making a willful, better choice.
HP claimed in 2012 that Lynch's management team, which included finance director Sushovan Hussein, had made a "willful" effort to "inflate the underlying financial metrics of the company in order to mislead potential buyers".
But ideological opposition to "The Empire State?" Well, there are plenty of anti-imperialists, but it's hard to imagine many of them making a willful decision to cover up an old slogan.
When Ms. Reno decided not to seek the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Mr. Gore, she said, "I have concluded that there is no reasonable possibility that further investigation could develop evidence that would support the filing of charges for making a willful false statement".
"I'll acknowledge our trust has been broken," Bieber sang on last year's "Journals," a surprisingly candid set of songs that followed several unsavory episodes in which he seemed to be making a willful break from his teen-idol origin.
He is, however, steadily maturing as an artist, and already makes a less willful impression.
Mr. Webster gets nuanced performances from his mostly young cast, especially the vibrant soprano Stephanie Novacek, who makes a lovely and willful Jo, and the ardent tenor Chad Shelton as the fair-haired and boyish Laurie.
As the old pro, Eric Tavares makes a capital moment of putting up with a willful wheelchair.
Or, people will have a willful ignorance to it.
"Wright has made a film as loopy and willful as its protagonists," he writes.
