Adj. willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable; favorably-
minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed; nothing loth; in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind.
     ready, forward, earnest, eager; bent upon &c. (desirous) 865;
predisposed, propense[obs3].
     docile; persuadable, persuasible; suasible[obs3], easily persuaded,
facile, easy-going; tractable &c. (pliant) 324; genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty; content &c. (assenting) 488.
     voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous; unasked &c. (ask &c. 765);
unforced &c. (free) 748. 
     Adv. willingly &c. adj.; fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul; with
pleasure, with all one’s heart, with open arms; with good will, with right will; de bonne volonte[Fr], ex animo[Lat]; con amore[It], heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one’s own accord, graciously, with a good grace.
     a la bonne heure[Fr]; by all means, by all manner of means; to one’s
heart’s content; yes &c. (assent) 488.

     #603.  Unwillingness. —­ N. unwillingness &c. adj.; indisposition,
indisposedness[obs3]; disinclination, aversation[obs3]; nolleity[obs3], nolition[obs3]; renitence[obs3], renitency; reluctance; indifference &c. 866; backwardness &c. adj.; slowness &c. 275; want of alacrity, want of readiness; indocility &c. (obstinacy) 606[obs3].
     scrupulousness, scrupulosity; qualms of conscience, twinge of
conscience; delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil; hesitation &c. (irresolution) 605; fastidiousness &c. 868.
     averseness &c. (dislike) 867[obs3]; dissent &c. 489; refusal &c. 764. 
     V. be unwilling &c. adj.; nill; dislike &c. 867; grudge, begrudge; not
be able to find it in one’s heart to, not have the stomach to.
     demur, stick at, scruple, stickle; hang fire, run rusty; recoil,
shrink, swerve; hesitate &c. 605; avoid &c. 623.
     oppose &c. 708; dissent &c. 489; refuse &c. 764. 
     Adj. unwilling; not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined,
indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content; adverse &c. (opposed) 708; laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to; indifferent &c. 866; scrupulous; squeamish &c. (fastidious) 868; repugnant &c. (dislike) 867; restiff|, restive; demurring &c. v.; unconsenting &c. (refusing) 764; involuntary &c. 601. 
     Adv. unwillingly &c. adj.; grudgingly, with a heavy heart; with a bad,
with an ill grace; against one’s wishes, against one’s will, against the grain, sore against one’s wishes, sore against one’s will, sore against one’s grain; invita Minerva[Lat]; a contre caeur[Fr]; malgre soi[Fr]; in spite of one’s teeth, in spite of oneself; nolens volens &c. (necessity) 601[Lat]; perforce &c. 744; under protest; no &c. 536; not for the world, far be it from me.

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