† evil-willing, a. Obs.
[f. evil adv. + willing a. or pres. pple.]
1. Unwilling, disinclined. Const. to with inf.
| 1525 Ld. Berners Froiss, II. cxl. 151 a, He was euell willinge to shewe the trouthe. 1563 Homilies ii. Rogat. Week iii. (1859) 492 This Spirit will never enter into an evil-willing soul. |
2. quasi-n. An ill-wisher, enemy.
| c 1340 Cursor M. 6829 (Trin.) If þou fynde of þyne euele willonde Vndir birþen his beest liggonde helpe him. |
Hence evil-willingly adv., grudgingly, unwillingly.
| 1549 Chaloner tr. Erasm. Moriæ Enc. S iv, They doe it evilwillyngly. |