Willingly

Examples

• He knew well that I should never willingly invoke the aid of the police against him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I am authorised to tell him that Miss Verinder willingly consents to place her house at our disposal; and, that said, I am desired to add no more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If I had any fortune of my own, I would willingly pay it to any one who could disprove what you have told me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I promised to work hard and willingly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The good-natured Mrs. Moffat willingly did so, and had the delicacy not to make her a present of it immediately afterward. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I am well aware of it, my dear,' returned the cherub, 'and I resign you willingly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Why, I said, do you not see that men are unwillingly deprived of good, and willingly of evil? Plato. The Republic.
• I am bound by my vow to do so, replied the knight; but I would willingly know who you are, who request my assistance in their behalf? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Thus, for the second time, did Mr. Pickwick's innate good-feeling involve him in an enterprise from which he would most willingly have stood aloof. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Gerald, who was spokesman, said that they would willingly take part in the entertainment. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She answered, Most willingly, Mrs. Michelson. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I am not quite satisfied, but I can't blame you, for I know how willingly you sacrificed your vanity, as you call it, to your love. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• All these little tokens of his gratitude, Mr. Gradgrind very willingly undertook to render. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Willingly, Lady Dedlock. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Very willingly, said the mender of roads. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I am very sorry for you--I would help you willingly; but you must have other friends, other advisers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Charley was to be my travelling companion, though I am sure I wanted none and would willingly have left her at home. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He did not willingly tell me all that I tell you here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The host replying willingly, Arthur lingered behind a moment, having his own word to add to that topic. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Willingly, sir, said Monsieur Defarge, and quietly stepped with him to the door. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Do so, and I will willingly receive it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Willingly, and a small return for your good offices. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, they did not breed or willingly perch on trees. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• However, Mrs. Vincy, who never willingly opposed her husband, lost no time the next morning in letting Rosamond know what he had said. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• There was an involuntary tremour on Rebecca's voice, and a tenderness of accent, which perhaps betrayed more than she would willingly have expressed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Don't I listen to her willingly? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Willingly, Mr. Blake! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Most willingly. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• They submitted willingly to the government of the crown, and paid in their courts obedience to acts of Parliament. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I willingly obey the orders of my Chief, said The Vengeance with alacrity, and kissing her cheek. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Editor: Whitney