Willing
['wɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) disposed or inclined toward; 'a willing participant'; 'willing helpers' .
Checked by Candy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Will
(v. t.) Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready.
(v. t.) Received of choice, or without reluctance; submitted to voluntarily; chosen; desired.
(v. t.) Spontaneous; self-moved.
Checker: Max
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inclined, disposed, desirous, minded, ready, of a mind, nothing loath, not averse.
n. Volition.
Checker: Uriah
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ready, voluntary, disposed, desirous, inclined
ANT:Unwilling, disinclined,[See AMPLE_and_BROAD]
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Examples
- He described her ladyship as willing to acknowledge that she had spoken over-hastily. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Meantime, watch and pray that you enter not into temptation: the spirit, I trust, is willing, but the flesh, I see, is weak. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was quite willing to tell me what his plan was, but I did not feel clear enough to understand it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I hope time has not made you less willing to pardon. Jane Austen. Emma.
- St. Clare was at last willing to call in medical advice,--a thing from which he had always shrunk, because it was the admission of an unwelcome truth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was willing to be sealed thus in the underworld, like a soul damned but living forever in damnation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But she's patienter than others would be, and is clever too, and always willing, up to the full mark of her strength and over. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Peggotty went occasionally to a public-house called The Willing Mind. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He does not, therefore, dispute about wages, but is willing to employ labour at any price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thus they were willing to commit a sin against the spirit of religious law, in order that they might preserve the letter of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The donkeys were all good, all handsome, all strong and in good condition, all fast and all willing to prove it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I know not whether I am a true philanthropist; yet I am willing to aid you to the utmost of my power in a purpose so honest. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I am as willing to come to an explanation as you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Many people would have distrusted you too much to have come even so far, but you see I am willing to humour you. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Captain Dufranne is willing to remain, and for my part I am perfectly willing, perfectly willing--as I always have been to humor your childish whims. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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