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to wilfully
adverb
Willingly, of one's own free will.
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Exact(35)
To wilfully ignore this threat to our health is unforgivable.
This is to wilfully misunderstand the nature of a cause, both philosophically and politically.
Once when a Quins maul got stuck Care appeared to wilfully chuck a pass into the referee Greg Garner's midriff.
This makes it a criminal offence to wilfully obstruct free passage along a highway, without lawful authority or excuse.
"Director [John] Brennan and the CIA are continuing to wilfully provide inaccurate information and misrepresent the efficacy of torture.
The act makes it an offence "to wilfully ride on the footway", with only certain vehicles used by disabled drivers being exempt.
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But Mr Johnson responded: "People are entitled to misinterpret, wilfully to misconstrue what I said if they so choose.
Still, you'd have to be wilfully stubborn to overlook the Storm's continued ability to stay at or near the top year in, year out.
It is another when you seem (and I use "seem" since there is no hard evidence for this) to have wilfully tried to de-black yourself.
It was also found to have wilfully failed to report the pollution of the river, which was a source of drinking water, fishing and irrigation for local communities.
Yet I still buried my head in books, choosing to be wilfully blinkered to the fact that none of the characters I read and loved looked anything like me.
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