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# willful

adjective (more willful, most willful)

«willful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Willful means stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told. (US spelling of «wilful») [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willful/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a character who will not listen; in stories a willful child gets into trouble

### Examples

- She was a willful girl who never listened to her mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willful/#x1)
- The willful goat would not come home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willful/#x2)
- "You willful boy, come here at once!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «willful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«willful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/willful.html) on Mova free.