willfully
With stubborn intent
Willfully means deliberately and intentionally, often with awareness that an action is wrong or against rules: She willfully ignored the warnings.
The word implies stubbornness or defiance—not accidental but chosen: willful disobedience, willful misconduct.
In legal contexts, willfully indicates knowing violation of law, which may affect severity of charges or penalties.
By conscious choice
- purposefullyWith conscious intention
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
- knowinglyWith deliberate awareness
- deliberatelyDone with intention
wittingly · premeditatedly · calculatedly · designedly · voluntarily · advisedly · purposely · by design
In a disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- disobedientlyIn a rule-breaking manner
- contrarilyIn obstinate opposition
- uncooperativelyIn an unhelpful manner
recalcitrantly · noncompliant · contumaciously · obstinately · perversely · waywardly · mutinously · refractory
In an unyielding manner
- pigheadedlyWith stubborn inflexibility
- mulishlyWith stubborn refusal
- bullheadedlyWith stubborn refusal to yield
- headstronglyWith stubborn willfulness
doggedly · adamantly · inflexibly · unyieldingly · intransigently · obdurately · tenaciously · unbendingly
intentionally
By conscious choice
- purposefullyWith conscious intention
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
- knowinglyWith deliberate awareness
deliberately · wittingly · premeditatedly · calculatedly · designedly · voluntarily · advisedly · purposely · by design · on purpose
rebelliously
In a disobedient manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- disobedientlyIn a rule-breaking manner
- contrarilyIn obstinate opposition
uncooperatively · recalcitrantly · noncompliant · contumaciously · obstinately · perversely · waywardly · mutinously · refractory · intractably
obstinately
In an unyielding manner
- pigheadedlyWith stubborn inflexibility
- mulishlyWith stubborn refusal
- bullheadedlyWith stubborn refusal to yield
headstrongly · doggedly · adamantly · inflexibly · unyieldingly · intransigently · obdurately · tenaciously · unbendingly · uncompromisingly
willfullyaccidentally
Without intent or design
unintentionally · inadvertently · by accident · incidentally · coincidentally
willfullyunknowingly
Without being aware
unwittingly · unconsciously · naively · ignorantly · blindly
willfullyinvoluntarily
Without deliberate intent
unwillingly · against one's will · reluctantly · under compulsion · forcibly
- willful ignorancePurposely remaining uninformed
- willfully blind
- willfully ignorant
- willful blindnessConscious avoidance of knowledge
- willful misconductIntentional improper action