willingness
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"That was the willingest horse I ever rode, and I hated to sell him, but he was tolable used up when I got across the line."
From Pardners by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
She's the willingest, the trewest, the honestest-helping woman, Mas'r Davy, as ever draw'd the breath of life.
From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles
He was one of the friendliest and willingest souls living, and as generous as utter destitution can make a man; yet he had a proper spirit, and valued himself upon his name.
From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean
The willingest to believe the Souls Immortality were before our Saviours coming, at best, doubtful concerning it; and the generality of Mankind, were yet far less perswaded of it.
From Occasional Thoughts in Reference to a Vertuous or Cristian life by Masham, Lady Damaris Cudworth
My organs of hearing have been defended by the willingest of fingers, from my childhood, against the slightest approach of the appearance or the actions of one, as pictured in description.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 by Various
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