wilfully
With stubborn intent
Wilfully means with deliberate intention, especially when doing something wrong or ignoring what's right.
A wilfully ignorant person chooses not to know.
Wilful misconduct is intentional wrongdoing.
The spelling wilfully is British; Americans write willfully.
By conscious choice
- purposelyDone with intent
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
- knowinglyWith deliberate awareness
- wittinglyWith conscious awareness
premeditatedly · calculatedly · designedly · advisedly · studiously · mindfully · voluntarily · determinedly
In an unyielding manner
- intransigentlyIn unyielding manner
- headstronglyWith stubborn willfulness
- mulishlyWith stubborn refusal
- pigheadedlyWith stubborn inflexibility
inflexibly · adamantly · doggedly · tenaciously · obdurately · immovably · unbendingly · unrelentingly
In a rule-breaking manner
- contumaciouslyIn willfully disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- rebelliouslyIn a disobedient manner
- obstinatelyIn an unyielding manner
contrarily · provocatively · brazenly · audaciously · impudently · dissentingly · mutinously · recalcitrantly
intentionally
By conscious choice
- purposelyDone with intent
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
- knowinglyWith deliberate awareness
wittingly · premeditatedly · calculatedly · designedly · advisedly · studiously · mindfully · voluntarily · determinedly · resolutely
obstinately
In an unyielding manner
- intransigentlyIn unyielding manner
- headstronglyWith stubborn willfulness
- mulishlyWith stubborn refusal
pigheadedly · inflexibly · adamantly · doggedly · tenaciously · obdurately · immovably · unbendingly · unrelentingly · persistently
disobediently
In a rule-breaking manner
- contumaciouslyIn willfully disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- rebelliouslyIn a disobedient manner
obstinately · contrarily · provocatively · brazenly · audaciously · impudently · dissentingly · mutinously · recalcitrantly · uncooperatively
wilfullyaccidentally
Without intent or design
unintentionally · inadvertently · involuntarily · unconsciously · unknowingly
wilfullyobediently
In a compliant manner
compliantly · submissively · dutifully · docilely · meekly