willingly

adverb

Definition of willinglynext
1
as in rather
by choice or preference I would not willingly eat liver, but sometimes I have no choice

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2
as in voluntarily
of one's own free will I willingly made the campaign contribution; no one pressured me into doing so

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for willingly
  1. rather
  2. preferably
  3. freely
  4. readily
Adverb
  • The first is that cow manure on its own doesn’t naturally contain methane; rather, the way that large dairy operations store manure produces the potent greenhouse gas, despite low-methane alternative storage methods.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The limited series then won raves upon its primetime broadcast on BBC Four late last year – marking an impressive and rather uncommon coup for non-English language series.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of rather
Adverb
  • Further research, preferably using a larger sample size, is needed to investigate this and to obtain more statistically significant data.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2025
  • That pitcher would preferably sign a contract without too many zeros and commas.
    Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of preferably
Adverb
  • Teams will drop players from their list to make room for another target and another club can freely claim the rights of the nominally undiscovered player.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • An owner's decision to let the dogs out freely on Christmas morning quickly went viral on TikTok while also stirring up debate in the video's comments section.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of freely
Adverb
  • These results should be readily available to any potential puppy purchasers.
    Dr. Devon B. Smith, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The answers about why customers churn are readily available.
    Ron Carson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of readily
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