with a will

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,originallynautical,dated)Withwillingnessandzeal; with all one'sheartorstrength;earnestly,heartily.Synonym:resolutely1827November 27, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter VIII, inThe Red Rover,[…], volume III, Paris:[…][Lachevardiere]for Hector Bossange,[…],→OCLC,page179:«Yes!» muttered the Rover, with bitter irony, as his boat rowed under the stern of the cruiser of the Crown; «yes! I, and my officers, will taste of your banquet! But the viands shall be such as these hirelings of the King shall little relish!—Pullwith a will, my men, pull; in an hour, you shall rummage the store-rooms of that fool, for your reward!»1859July 16,Alfred Tennyson, “The Grandmother”, inEnoch Arden, &c., London:Edward Moxon & Co.,[…], published1864,→OCLC, stanza XV,page121:So Willy and I were wedded: I wore a lilac gown; / And the ringers rangwith a will, and he gave the ringers a crown.1866,John Ruskin, “Lecture I. Work. (Delivered before the Working Men’s Institute, at Camberwell.)”, inThe Crown of Wild Olive. Three Lectures on Work, Traffic, and War, London:Smith, Elder, & Co.,[…],→OCLC,page44:Now, nobody does anything well that they cannot help doing: work is only done well when it is donewith a will; and no man has a thoroughly sound will unless he knows he is doing what he should, and is in his place.1874,Thomas Hardy, “Adventures by the Shore”, inFar from the Madding Crowd.[…], volume II, London:Smith, Elder & Co.,[…],→OCLC,page208:Swimming with his right arm, he held up his left to hail them, splashing upon the waves, and shouting with all his might.[…]Backing their oars and putting the boat about, they pulled towards himwith a will, and in five or six minutes from the time of his first halloo, two of the sailors hauled him in over the stern.1881–1882,Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Voyage”, inTreasure Island, London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883,→OCLC, part II (The Sea Cook),pages77–78:And then the whole crew bore chorus:— / "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" / And at the third "ho!" drove the bars before themwith a will.1884May (date written),Robert Louis Stevenson, “Requiem”, inUnderwoods, London:Chatto and Windus,[…], published1887,→OCLC, book I (In English),page43:Underthe wide and starry sky, / Dig the grave and let me lie. / Glad did I live and gladly die, / And I laid me downwith a will.1904–1907(date written),James Joyce, “After the Race”, inDubliners, London:Grant Richards, publishedJune 1914,→OCLC,page56:Then an impromptu square dance, the men devising original figures. What merriment! Jimmy took his partwith a will; this was seeing life, at least.1934March 26, “Books: Hurstwurst [review ofAnitra’s Dance(1934) byFannie Hurst]”, inTime‎[1], New York, N.Y.:Time Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon24 December 2020,page70:Many a reader whose appetite rejoices in hearty fare tucked in his napkin, smacked his lips and fell towith a will.1982,Anita Desai, chapter 9, inThe Village by the Sea, New Delhi; New York, N.Y.:Puffin Books, published1992,→ISBN,page174:He got Jagu's permission to spend the slack afternoon hours at the watchmender's without any trouble – Jagu was taciturn, but good-natured – and he set to learning the craftwith a will.

Examples:

EN: - Mr. Morrison, lay on with a will.
ES: - Sr. Morrison, hágalo con fuerza.
EN: And we're going back to work with a will.
ES: Y nos ponemos a trabajar con ahínco.
EN: They fly with a will to win.
ES: Vuelan con la voluntad de ganar.
EN: And I laid me down with a will
ES: Respetad mi voluntad.
EN: When she sees you again, she'll melt, loving you more because you're a headstrong young bucko with a will of your own.
ES: Cuando vuelva a verte, se derretirá, amándote más porque eres un joven empecinado y mandón con voluntad propia.
EN: Those with a will to murder and torture.
ES: Aquellos con voluntad de asesinato y tortura.
EN: You resent anybody with a will of her own.
ES: Ud. desprecia la voluntad de los demás.
EN: a disturbed girl perhaps, but with a will of her own, someone...
ES: Una chica perturbada, quizá, pero con voluntad propia. Alguien...
EN: -A man with a will.
ES: -Un hombre con voluntad.
EN: I don't know what I would need with a will. I haven't very much money to leave.
ES: No sé para qué,... no tengo demasiado dinero que dejar.
EN: He became alive with a will of his own.
ES: De pronto tenía vida propia. Una voluntad propia.
EN: Variously described as a 'One-armed bandit'... a 'Slot machine' or in Mr Franklin Gibbs' words: 'A monster with a will all its own.'
ES: Un bandido de un solo brazo, máquina tragaperras... o, en palabras del Sr. Franklin Gibb, un monstruo con voluntad propia.
EN: Lay on with a will or you'll take his place.
ES: Péguele con ganas, si no quiere tomar su lugar.
EN: A happy man, with a will to live. Would that describe him?
ES: Un hombre feliz con una voluntad de vivir. ¿Eso lo describiría?
EN: I'm a woman with a will of my own, a strong will.
ES: Soy una mujer con voluntad propia, caracter fuerte.

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