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Wantonly vs Willingly - What's the difference?

wantonly | willingly |

As adverbs the difference between wantonly and willingly

is that wantonly is in a wanton manner while willingly is of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.

wantonly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in a wanton manner
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=8 citation , passage=I believe that I have no enemy on earth, and none surely would have been so wicked as to destroy me wantonly .}}

    See also

    * wontedly

    willingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 29.
    • Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.

    Synonyms

    * gladly, happily