2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: willfully adverb: in a willful manner; "she had willfully deceived me" [syn: {wilfully}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Willful \Will"ful\, adjective [Will + full.] [Written also wilful.] 1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder. --Foxe. In willful poverty chose to lead his life. --Chaucer. Thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence. --Milton. 2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse. -- {Will"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Will"ful*ness}, n.

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