So as to benefit or help another or others. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] (91) to goodeOE So as to benefit or help another or others. Obsolete. thankc888 The genitive case thanks, Middle English thankes, lit. ‘of thought’, ‘of good will’, was used adverbially in sense ‘willingly, voluntarily’, esp… yernec888 Willingly, gladly, ‘fain’; occasionally wilfully. lieflyc900 Beautifully; dearly, kindly; willingly, gladly. lovelyeOE Willingly, with joy. Obsolete. lustly971 With pleasure or delight; gladly, willingly. willinglyOE Readily, consentingly, without reluctance. wilfullyc1000 Of one's own free will, of one's own accord, voluntarily. Rarely in reference to an inanimate thing: Spontaneously, ‘of itself’. Obsolete. with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE with (also †mid) heart and hand (also hands): as regards both will and execution; readily, willingly, wholeheartedly; (in later use also sometimes)… fainc1175 Gladly, willingly, with pleasure. Frequent in I, he,etc. would (†had) fain; otherwise Obsolete or archaic. lustilya1225 With pleasure or delight; pleasantly, pleasurably; delightfully. Also, gladly, willingly. (Cf. lustly, adv. 1) Obsolete. lief1297 Dearly, gladly, willingly. Chiefly with would, past subjunctive (occasionally Scottish with omission of would). Also in as lief (as), the liefer; l… yfaȝea1300 Fain, gladly. blethelyc1300 (a) Gently, kindly, graciously, benevolently. (b) Blithely, gladly, fain. goodlya1375 Gladly, willingly. Obsolete. blelyc1380 Willingly, cheerfully. willingc1384 Willingly, consentingly, without reluctance. Also: (in early use) deliberately. Now colloquial. bainc1400 Readily, willingly. acceptably1479 In an acceptable or agreeable manner; so as to be accepted; satisfactorily. In later use frequently: tolerably, so as to meet a minimum standard. bainlya1500 Readily, willingly; at once. cheerfully1523 With alacrity; willingly, eagerly; ungrudgingly. Cf. happily, adv. 5b, gladly, adv. 1a. towardly1523 In a ‘toward’ or ‘towardly’ manner; with favourable disposition; willingly, compliantly, obligingly; docilely, tractably, submissively; with promise… desirously1531 Of one's own desire or wish; willingly, readily. Obsolete. pronely?1532 With a natural inclination; readily, willingly; eagerly. Obsolete. fainly1535 Gladly, eagerly. wilningly1597 willingly. (The survival of the verb wilne in wilningly, if genuine, is remarkable.) bongre1598 With good will, agreeably, willingly. libentiously1606 Willingly. volently1614 willing. propensely1648 With inclination or propensity; readily, favourably. Now rare. easily1649 With little resistance or reluctance. with (a) good grace1650 with (a) good grace and variants: with even-tempered acceptance; willingly, equably. unreluctantly1655 Not reluctantly; willingly; enthusiastically. with the best will (in the world)1814 with the best will (in the world): with the best of intentions, however much one would like things to be so; (also, as a mitigating expression)… unhesitatingly1829 Without hesitation; confidently; promptly. unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 Without reluctance; willingly. happily1889 Willingly, eagerly. Subcategories:— as willingly (2) — more willingly (1) — very willingly (3) — with willing service (1) — readily or promptly (13) — eagerly (15) — heartily or zealously (14) — earnestly (4) |
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