adv. rare. [UN-1 11. Cf. prec.]

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  1.  Unintentionally; involuntarily; undesignedly.

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1382.  Wyclif, Prol. Bible, iii. 5. Citees of refuyt … for hem that shedden blood vnwilfully, not of purpos.

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1627.  Sanderson, Serm., I. 265. He did it unwittingly, and therefore unwilfully.

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  † 2.  Against one’s wish or will. Obs.–1

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1435.  Misyn, Fire of Love, 52. Qwho wilfully god despisyd in dedely syn in casting down, vnwilfully after þis lyfe, god demand, sal be dampnyd.

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