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willful, wilful

adj. done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

knowing, deliberate, willful, wilful

adj. by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

planned

adj. designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"

premeditated

adj. characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning; "a premeditated crime"

express

adj. not tacit or implied; "her express wish"

deliberate, calculated, measured

adj. carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"

designed, studied

adj. carefully practiced or designed or premeditated; "a studied reply"

sharp, astute, shrewd

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

resourceful

adj. having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"

predetermined, prearranged

adj. planned beforehand; "a prearranged signal"

wanton, motiveless, unprovoked

adj. occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt

by choice

adj. not by chance

free, self-determining

adj. acting on one's own initiative; "man is a voluntary agent"

freewill, free-will

adj. "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"

self-imposed

adj. voluntarily assumed or endured; "self-imposed exile"

willing, uncoerced, unforced

adj. not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced"

volunteer, unpaid

adj. without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"

conscious, witting

adj. intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"

supposed

adj. designed to; "medication that is supposed to relieve pain"; "what's that gadget supposed to do?"

well-meaning, well-intentioned, well-meant

adj. marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results; "a well-intentioned but clumsy waiter"; "a well-meaning but tactless fellow"; "the son's well-meaning efforts threw a singular chill upon the father's admirers"- S.W.Maughm; "blunt but well-meant criticism"

involuntary

adj. not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy

chance, casual, accidental

adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

fortuitous, causeless, uncaused

adj. having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"

unexpected

adj. not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"

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