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How to pronounce wilfulness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fractiousness, unruliness, willfulness
Type of intractability, intractableness
Has types contrariness, perverseness, perversity, wildness
Derivation wilful

Examples of wilfulness

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In her wilfulness she will fashion kings out of slaves and slaves out of kings.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There is a wilfulness to Iceage that chimes oddly with them playing the label game.
From the guardian.co.uk
Is it a truly noble calling or is there an element of wilfulness and selfishness about it?
From the telegraph.co.uk
Parents are genuinely surprised by the level of anger and wilfulness their child can display.
From the irishtimes.com
There is no wildness, no wilfulness, no errancy about these girls.
From the independent.co.uk
These OCCUPY protestors have an incredible energy and wilfulness, which is admirable to watch.
From the guardian.co.uk
Tolkien was an admirer of heroism out of obedience and love but despised arrogance, pride and wilfulness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If one thing has characterised the 38-year-old's life till now it is a wilfulness bordering on the abstruse.
From the independent.co.uk
Without plan, you have lack of order and wilfulness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Unruliness: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline