willful

«willful» in Mova's school dictionary: stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more willful, most willful)

meaning for a pupil

Willful means stubborn, doing what you want and refusing to be told. (US spelling of «wilful») tree →

sense in the lessons

describes a character who will not listen; in stories a willful child gets into trouble

examples

• She was a willful girl who never listened to her mother. tree →
• The willful goat would not come home. tree →
• "You willful boy, come here at once!" tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «willful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.