how to pronounce willingly

/ˈwɪlɪŋliː/

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willingly is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of willingly in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… he calmed right down even willingly went …”

meanings of willingly

adverb:

Of one's own free will; freely and spontaneously.

willingly frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word willingly occurs in english on average 6.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics willingly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that willingly can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;