a. Obs. [UN-1 7. Cf. OHG. (G.) unwillig (MHG. unwillic), (M)Du. onwillig, ON. úviljugr (Da. uvillig, Sw. ovillig).]
1. Unwilling (to do something); averse.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 93. Sinne hem is loð to leten, and unwilliche to bete.
1395. Purvey, Remonstr. (1851), 139. A man vnmyghti othir vnwilli to gouerne it duli.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 314. Lothe, or vnwylly, involuntarius, inspontaneus.
c. 1475. Cath. Angl., 418/2 (A.), Vn Wylly, coactus, jnuitus.
2. Involuntary. rare–1.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VII. lv. (1495), 269. Somtime comyth vnwylly pyssynge. [Cf. UNWILLING ppl. a. 5.]
