wilful

Definition

Intentional; deliberate.

Etymology

From Middle English wilful; equivalent to will + -ful.

Example Sentences

• "Knowingly or unknowingly, every therapist assumes that each client possesses the capacity to change through willful choice."
• "Mary had taken the whim into her willful head, and Jane could not dissuade her."
• "Let you not be taking it bad, Conchubor, but you’ll get little good seeing her this night, for with all my talking it’s wilfuler she’s growing these two months or three."