wilfully adv 1: in a willful manner; "she had willfully deceived me" [syn: {willfully}, {wilfully}]
Wilful \Wil"ful\, a., Wilfully \Wil"ful*ly\, adv., Wilfulness \Wil"ful*ness\, n. See {Willful}, {Willfully}, and {Willfulness}. [1913 Webster]
WILFULLY, intentionally. 2. In charging certain offences it is required that they should be stated to be wilfully done. Arch. Cr. Pl. 51, 58; Leach's Cr. L. 556. 3. In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the word maliciously was an equivalent for the word wilfully, in an indictment for arson. 5 Whart. R. 427.