"well-willing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more well-willing [comparative], most well-willing [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English welewillynge, welwillende, from Old English welwillende (“well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good”), equivalent to well + willing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|welewillynge}} Middle English welewillynge, {{inh|en|ang|welwillende||well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good}} Old English welwillende (“well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good”), {{compound|en|well|willing}} well + willing Head templates: {{en-adj}} well-willing (comparative more well-willing, superlative most well-willing)
  1. Wishing well; well-inclined; favourable; friendly; propitious.
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