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with a will
with a will
with determination and enthusiasm. The children worked with a will to finish the project on time. The workers set about manufacturing the new products with a will.
with a will
Vigorously, energetically, as in He started pruning with a will. This term, first recorded in 1848, uses will in the sense of "determination."
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
MadailÉIn | | - | Irish |
Ratnam | | - | Indian, Telugu |
Venera | | vye-NYE-rah (Russian), vee-NYE-rah (Russian) | Russian, Bulgarian, Albanian |
Gualberto | | - | Portuguese |
Malkhazi | | - | Georgian |
Elkanah | | el-KAYN-ə (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |